Comparison of Monte Carlo simulations and nonlocal calculations of the electron distribution function in a positive column plasma

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 6746-6761

  Kortshagen, U ^a   Parker, G J ^b   Lawler, J E ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTRONS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; IONIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY;

BESSEL FUNCTION; CUMULATIVE PROBABILITY; ELASTIC MOMENTUM TRANSFER CROSS SECTION; ELASTIC SCATTERING; ELECTRON DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; ELECTRON TRAJECTORY; MOMENTUM TRANSFER APPROXIMATION; NONLOCAL APPROXIMATION; POSITIVE COLUMN PLASMAS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 0030405357     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.54.6746     Document Type: Article

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