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Behavior of electron swarm in the Paschen minimum with Ne and Ar
Author(s) -
Takebayashi Tatsuyuki,
Fukuyama Tatsuya,
Itoh Haruo
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
electrical engineering in japan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.136
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1520-6416
pISSN - 0424-7760
DOI - 10.1002/eej.10001
Subject(s) - electron , monte carlo method , atomic physics , swarm behaviour , physics , townsend , townsend discharge , plasma , space (punctuation) , space charge , computational physics , statistical physics , mathematics , computer science , quantum mechanics , statistics , ion , mathematical optimization , ionization , operating system
Behavior of the electron swarm at the starting condition of the self‐sustaining discharge depending on p 0 d is investigated in Ne and Ar by using a Monte Carlo simulation (MCS). The calculations are performed under the E / p 0 and p 0 d conditions including the Paschen minimum, which was obtained from the experiment by Penning and Addink. From the result it is found that the energy nonequilibrium region spread over almost the gap space in particular near the Paschen minimum. Thus, we proposed the improved description for the formula of Townsend's self‐sustaining condition. The calculated result allows that the starting conditions of the self‐sustained discharge in Ne and Ar would be applicable to Engel's theory. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 140(4): 9–16, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.10001