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The influence of electron-electron collisions on the formation of a nonlocal electron distribution function (EDF) and other characteristics of the electron gas are analyzed. Correct expressions for the coefficients in the integral of electron-electron collisions are obtained that are suitable for substitution into the kinetic Boltzmann equation averaged over the volume. This method of EDF calculation is implemented in COMSOL Multiphysics software. The example of positive column plasma in argon shows that accounting for electron-electron collisions leads both to differences between nonlocal and local EDFs and to dependence on the ionization degree.

Original languageEnglish
Article number015001
JournalPlasma Sources Science and Technology
Volume28
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 9 Jan 2019

    Research areas

  • Boltzmann equation, electron-electron collisions, gas discharge, low-temperature plasma, nonlocal electron distribution function, POSITIVE-COLUMN, APPROXIMATION, FLUID MODELS, KINETICS, BOLTZMANN-EQUATION, ENERGY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION

    Scopus subject areas

  • Condensed Matter Physics

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