The temperature of a plasma, in thermal equilibrium with a neutral gas, can be determined experimentally by

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The temperature of a plasma, in thermal equilibrium with a neutral gas, can be determined experimentally by measuring the electron density ne with a microwave transmission experiment, for example, and the neutrals number density in a particular excited state through the rate of transitions to a lower state. Determine the temperature of a plasma that has only one type of ions, with the electron number density equal to 1020 m−3 , and that is in equilibrium with a state of ionization potential equal to 2 eV whose population is 1015 m−3 .

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