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Study of Sheath Dynamics in Multicomponent Plasma
Author(s) -
Černý P.,
Novák S.,
Hrach R.,
Bruna P.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
contributions to plasma physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1521-3986
pISSN - 0863-1042
DOI - 10.1002/ctpp.200810068
Subject(s) - plasma , ion , argon , kinetic energy , particle in cell , work (physics) , particle (ecology) , atomic physics , scattering , materials science , dynamics (music) , electrode , electron , mechanics , physics , thermodynamics , classical mechanics , nuclear physics , optics , oceanography , quantum mechanics , acoustics , geology
A one‐dimensional self‐consistent particle model for a low‐pressure discharge in an electronegative gas near the cylindrical electrode was developed. The model is based on a deterministic particle‐in‐cell technique with scattering events treated stochastically. The data for the simulation were taken from the simplified model of oxygen‐argon plasma based on a macroscopic kinetic approach. The purpose of the present work was to clarify the role of both electron and individual ions mobilities in the low‐temperature plasma on the dynamics of sheath formation. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)