Simulating the cathode region in a stationary self-maintained glow discharge

Combined PIC–MCC approach for fast simulation of a radio frequency discharge at a low gas pressure

“…Recently, hybrid models combining the kinetic and liquid descriptions have been used widely for simulation of glow discharges (see, e.g. [4][5][6]). In [4], the cathode sheath (including the negative glow and Faraday dark regions) of the stationary self-sustained glow discharge has been calculated self-consistently.…”

“…[4][5][6]). In [4], the cathode sheath (including the negative glow and Faraday dark regions) of the stationary self-sustained glow discharge has been calculated self-consistently. The motion of higher energy electrons has been treated using the Monte Carlo method in order to find the electron impact rate coefficients, whereas the lower energy electrons and ions have been described within the drift-diffusion model.…”

Simulation of long-streamer propagation in air at atmospheric pressure

“…The majority of the 2D calculations are devoted to investigation of the avalanche-to-streamer transition [13][14][15][16] or to the formation and propagation of the short streamers (about 1-5 cm in length) [17][18][19][20][21][22]. The simulation of streamers is generally based on a representation of a space-charge filament by a series of charged discs of equal radii, with uniform densities of space charge and of other plasma parameters over each disc (the 1.5D model) [23][24][25].…”