Monte Carlo simulation of streamer propagation with E-E and E-E-ion collision

Summary form only given, as follows. A Monte Carlo simulation of streamer propagation in a gas discharge breakdown process is presented. Electron-electron collision and electron-electron-ion three body recombination can be included as two among the processes through three approaches a pure kinetic treatment, energy-resolved method, or pseudoparticle method. Simulation results of the three methods on electron energy distribution function (EEDF), electric field E/sub R/, E/sub Z/, drift velocity V/sub d/, average energy /spl epsi/, ionization constant /spl alpha//N, diffusion coefficient D/sub T/, D/sub L/, electron density, ion density are compared.