Simulation of the Electron Energy Relaxation in a Weakly Ionized Plasma
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- 1 December 1975
- journal article
- Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH in Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A
- Vol. 30 (12) , 1553-1559
- https://doi.org/10.1515/zna-1975-1207
Abstract
The motion of electrons in a weakly ionized plasma under the influence of an electric field is simulated by a Monte Carlo method. Elastic and inelastic electron-atom collisions are taken into account using the experimental cross sections. In an application to a low pressure argon positive column the temporal and spatial relaxation of the electron energy distribution is calculated for high electric fields (30 ≦ E/p0 ≦ V/cm Torr). The influence of the wall recombination and the anisotropy due to the high field can be shown.Keywords
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