A model or self-consistent kinetic description of a low-pressure afterglow plasma was developed and applied to simulate the transient phenomena taking place under conditions where the EDF is not quasistationary. Strongly non-Maxwellian EDFs were predicted. It was observed that, depending on plasma conditions, the transient period may be rather long.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)016401/1-016401/10
JournalPhysical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
Volume64
Issue number1 II
StatePublished - 1 Jul 2001

    Scopus subject areas

  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Statistics and Probability
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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