The characteristics of a microwave surface-wave sustained plasma operated at atmospheric pressure in an open-ended dielectric tube are investigated theoretically as a first step in the development of a self-consistent model for these discharges. The plasma column is sustained in flowing argon. A surface-wave discharge that fills the whole radial cross section of the discharge tube is considered. With experimental electron temperature profiles [García et al., Spectrochim. Acta, Part B 55, 1733 (2000)] the numerical model is used to test the validity of the different approximations and to study the influence of the different kinetic processes and power loss mechanisms on the discharge.
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