Numerical solutions to a kinetic model for the plasma-sheath problem with charge exchange collisions of ions

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 2 2, 2004, Pages

  Sternovsky, Z ^a   Downum, K ^a   Robertson, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ION EXCHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHOTOIONIZATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CHARGE-EXCHANGE COLLISIONS; NUMERICAL INTEGRATIONS; PLASMA PROCESSING APPLICATIONS; SPACE POTENTIALS;

KINETIC THEORY;

EID: 37649030872     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.70.026408     Document Type: Article

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