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In the present work, a numerical study of the influence of discharge current, gas pressure, and axial magnetic field on the formation of the spatial distributions of parameters of a dusty argon plasma of the positive column of a dc glow discharge is reported. It is found that an increase in current, pressure, or magnetic field enhances the degree of dust influence on the spatial distribution of particles and on the fluxes in the plasma and can lead to the implementation of a variety of outcomes from the flattening of the radial density profile of charged particles to the formation of uniform and even nonmonotonic radial distributions with the reversal of the ambipolar field direction. Three different modes of transition to nonmonotonic radial density profiles, depending on the parameter being changed, are reported.

Original languageEnglish
Article number9352720
Pages (from-to)878-885
Number of pages8
JournalIEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Volume49
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2021

    Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Condensed Matter Physics

    Research areas

  • Argon, dc glow discharge, dusty plasma, electric field reversal, magnetic field, nonmonotonic profiles, numerical simulation

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