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Vortex electron flux and EDF nonlocality of moderate and high-pressure gas discharge plasmas. / Yuan, C.; Bogdanov, E. A.; Kudryavtsev, A. A.; Zhou, Z.
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T1 - Vortex electron flux and EDF nonlocality of moderate and high-pressure gas discharge plasmas
AU - Yuan, C.
AU - Bogdanov, E. A.
AU - Kudryavtsev, A. A.
AU - Zhou, Z.
PY - 2018/4/25
Y1 - 2018/4/25
N2 - Even at medium and high pressures, when the standard, commonly accepted in the literature as the criterion of the applicability of the local field approximation (LFA) L > λ ϵ is fulfilled, the ambipolar field is shown to be dominant on the periphery of plasma, which leads to the formation of a vortex motion of electrons on the phase plane and LFA non-applicability for the solution of the Boltzmann kinetic equation. The spinning direction of the vortex depends on the behavior of the momentum transfer cross sections. In most cases, the vortex rotates counterclockwise; however, for decreasing cross-sections, a clockwise direction is possible. One manifestation of the vortexes is complex spatial profiles of the excitation rates and their constants on the periphery of the plasma volume.
AB - Even at medium and high pressures, when the standard, commonly accepted in the literature as the criterion of the applicability of the local field approximation (LFA) L > λ ϵ is fulfilled, the ambipolar field is shown to be dominant on the periphery of plasma, which leads to the formation of a vortex motion of electrons on the phase plane and LFA non-applicability for the solution of the Boltzmann kinetic equation. The spinning direction of the vortex depends on the behavior of the momentum transfer cross sections. In most cases, the vortex rotates counterclockwise; however, for decreasing cross-sections, a clockwise direction is possible. One manifestation of the vortexes is complex spatial profiles of the excitation rates and their constants on the periphery of the plasma volume.
KW - Boltzmann equation
KW - gas discharge
KW - low-temperature plasma
KW - nonlocal electron distribution function
KW - POSITIVE-COLUMN
KW - EXCITATION RATES
KW - ATOMS
KW - GLOW-DISCHARGE
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85047327537&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1088/1361-6595/aab75f
DO - 10.1088/1361-6595/aab75f
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85047327537
VL - 27
JO - Plasma Sources Science and Technology
JF - Plasma Sources Science and Technology
SN - 0963-0252
IS - 4
M1 - 045007
ER -
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