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A particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo model of the Ar+ ioncollection in He gas by a cylindrical Langmuir probe in the transition regime

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2003

F. Taccogna ,
S. Longo  and
M. Capitelli
F. Taccogna*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Chimica dell'Università and IMIP-CNR, sect. Bari, via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
S. Longo
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Chimica dell'Università and IMIP-CNR, sect. Bari, via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
M. Capitelli
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Chimica dell'Università and IMIP-CNR, sect. Bari, via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
*
cscpft61@area.ba.cnr.it
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Abstract

This article presents a particle-in-cell (PIC)/test-particle Monte Carlo (TPMC) simulation of the dynamics of Ar+ ions in the region (sheath and presheath) surrounding an attracting cylindrical Langmuir probe at medium He buffer gas pressure. The numerical model is based on a combination of PIC simulation for the ion component and fluid description for the electrons using the Boltzmann relation. The electric field is self-consistently computed via the Poisson equation. The neutrals are modeled directly by an analytical method. The elastic collisions between Ar+ ions and He atoms are accounted for using a TPMC method based on the polarization potential theory. The results of the present simulation are compared with measurements, with other probe theories and the results of other authors simulations.

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The European Physical Journal - Applied Physics , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , April 2003 , pp. 29 - 39
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© EDP Sciences, 2003

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