Timesaving techniques for decision of electron-molecule collisions in Monte Carlo simulation of electrical discharges

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 298-304

  Sugawara, Hirotake ^a   Mori, Naoki ^a   Sakai, Yosuke ^a   Suda, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrical discharge; Electron collision; Monte Carlo; Plasma; Probability; Time step; Timesaving scheme

Indexed keywords

COLLISIONAL PLASMAS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRONS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MOLECULES; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

COMPUTATIONAL LOADS; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES; ELECTRON COLLISION; ELECTRON-MOLECULES COLLISION; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO'S SIMULATION; TIME STEP; TIME-SAVING TECHNIQUES; TIMESAVING SCHEME;

BENCHMARKING;

EID: 33947184306     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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