Particle-in-Cell Simulation of Plasma Sheath Dynamics With Kinetic Ions

Author

Chun-Wei Huang ; Yen-Chiao Chen ; Nishimura, Yasutaro

Author_Institution

Inst. of Space & Plasma Sci., Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan

Volume

43

Issue

2

fYear

2015

fDate

Feb. 2015

Firstpage

675

Lastpage

682

Abstract

An electrostatic particle-in-cell simulation code is developed to investigate the interaction between plasma and material surfaces in the presence of secondary electron emission. Kinetic ions are included into the numerical simulation to incorporate the process of ion bombardment on the material surfaces. The influences of the secondary electron emission on sheath dynamics are further investigated, which is induced by ions on top of electrons.

Keywords

numerical analysis; plasma sheaths; plasma simulation; plasma-wall interactions; secondary electron emission; electrostatic particle-in-cell simulation code; ion bombardment; kinetic ions; numerical simulation; plasma sheath dynamics; plasma-material surface interaction; secondary electron emission; Electric potential; Electron emission; Electrostatics; Ions; Kinetic theory; Mathematical model; Plasmas; Kinetic ions; particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation; plasma-material surface interaction; secondary electron emission; secondary electron emission.;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2014.2382876

Filename

7001683