Ambipolar field role in formation of electron distribution function in gas discharge plasma

It is shown that the local approximation for electron distribution function (EDF) determination at plasma periphery, where the ambipolar field is dominant, is not applicable even at high pressures when the characteristic plasma size exceeds the energy relaxation length of the electrons R > λ(ε)....

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Autores principales: Yuan, Chengxun, Bogdanov, E. A., Kudryavtsev, A. A., Rabadanov, K. M., Zhou, Zhongxiang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5668321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29097805
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15073-6
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Sumario:It is shown that the local approximation for electron distribution function (EDF) determination at plasma periphery, where the ambipolar field is dominant, is not applicable even at high pressures when the characteristic plasma size exceeds the energy relaxation length of the electrons R > λ(ε). Therefore, consistent results can be obtained only when solving the complete kinetic equation in both energy and spatial variables (i.e. it is necessary to solve nonlocal kinetic equation).

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