Moving Striations in a Low-Pressure Argon Plane Discharge. Self-Consistent Kinetic Model

Abstract

In the paper, a self-consistent iterative kinetic model of stratified low-pressure argon glow discharge in plane geometry is presented. It is shown that striations moving from the anode to the cathode side of the positive column can he obtained from the consideration of non-local Boltzmann equation for electron distribution function and non-stationary continuity equation for ions coupled with Poisson equation for electric field.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 20, 2003
Accession Number
ADP015001

Entities

People

  • A. V. Fedoseev
  • G. I. Sukhinin

Organizations

  • Russian Academy of Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boltzmann Equation
  • Distribution Functions
  • Electric Fields
  • Electron Density
  • Electron Energy
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Gases
  • Geometry
  • Glow Discharges
  • Ionized Gases
  • Ions
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Metastable State
  • Plane Geometry
  • Poisson Equation

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics