 Electron temperature (source code)

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= Electron temperature
{title2=$T_e$}

The <temperature> parameter describing a thermal <electron> <velocity> distribution. Electron-impact excitation coefficients depend on it through both the speed distribution and excitation thresholds. In a dilute plasma, <electron> and <ion> <temperatures> need not coincide.

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