NUMERICAL-CALCULATIONS FOR THE ELECTRON-ENERGY DISTRIBUTION IN A HELIUM, HOLLOW-CATHODE GLOW-DISCHARGE

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HASHIGUCHI, S
机构
[1] Electronics and Information Science, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto
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10.1109/27.106827
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O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
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070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
An electron energy distribution is determined with the Monte Carlo method in a helium, hollow-cathode glow discharge. Electron-electron collisions are taken into account, as well as electron collisions with atoms. In the negative glow, a plateau-like profile is obtained in the low-energy region; the profile approximates a Maxwellian distribution in this energy range. The energy distribution decreases rapidly at about the minimum excitation energy of the atom. In the center of the negative glow, the low-energy electrons are five orders of magnitude as many as the high-energy electrons, which have enough energy to excite or ionize atoms.
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