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Ion acceleration occurs on the macroscopic potential jump in near-anode plasma.
The processes of multiple ionization and charge exchange of charged ions are excluded from consideration.
Gases with substantially different ionization potentials were used in the experiment.
The electron temperature is limited to a value of about 30 eV.