Monte Carlo analysis of the electron thermalization process in the afterglow of a microsecond dc pulsed glow discharge

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1274-1282

  Martin A ^a   Bordel, N ^a   Pereiro, R ^a   Bogaerts, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Electron thermalization; Modeling; Monte Carlo; Pulsed glow discharge

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ATOMS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DISSOCIATION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; GLOW DISCHARGES; IMPACT IONIZATION; INERT GASES; IONIZATION; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMAS; RATE CONSTANTS;

ARGON IONS; CELL WALLS; COLLISION PROCESSES; COULOMB COLLISIONS; CROSS SECTIONS; CURRENT PROFILES; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; ELECTRON ENERGIES; ELECTRON ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRON THERMALIZATION; INPUT DATUMS; ION FLUXES; IONIZATION DEGREES; MODELING; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO ANALYSES; MONTE CARLO MODELS; PLASMA CELLS; PULSED DISCHARGES; PULSED GLOW DISCHARGE; PULSED GLOW DISCHARGES; SLOW ELECTRONS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THERMALIZATION; TIME EVOLUTIONS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 56349100155     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2008.09.012     Document Type: Article

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