Particle-in-cell simulations on a single gap gas discharge

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 590-595

  Xiang, W ^a   Zhao, W J ^b   Dai, J Y ^a  

^a Institute of Applied Electronics   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Explosive electron emission; Gas discharge; Ionization; Particle in cell; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON EMISSION; GASES; HYDROGEN; IONIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PRESSURE EFFECTS;

GAS DISCHARGE; NEUTRAL GAS IONIZATION; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS; STATISTIC HISTOGRAMS;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

EID: 0141953888     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2003.1219642     Document Type: Article

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