Dependence of H
- production on plasma parameters (i. e. electron density n
e, electron temperature T
e and hydrogen gas pressure p) is studied by using a set of particle balance equations in a steady state hydrogen plasma. The model includes six species of vibrationally excited hydrogen molecules H
2* (vibrational level v″=5-10) which are important for H
- production. Particular attention has also been paid to wall effects on H
- production. So, both the wall recombination coefficient γ
1 for H and the wall de-excitation collision parameter γ
2 for H
2* (v″) are treated as numerical parameters.
With increasing T
e, H
- yield decreases. Both n
e and p have some optimum values for H
- production. The most significant point is that ion species ratios depend strongly not only on plasma parameters but also on wall parameters, i. e. γ
1 and γ
2. For H
- production, the optimum condition is that γ
1≅1 and γ
2<<1.
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