Title :
Kinetic simulation of bounded plasmas with the BLOB method
Author :
Coppa, Gianni G M ; Dellapiana, Gianluca ; Lapenta, Giovanni
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento di Energetica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
fDate :
2/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In the industrial applications of plasmas, the interaction of charged particles with the surfaces of the reactor chamber is extremely important. Considerable effort is being devoted to study the formation and the properties of the sheath near confining structures or around solid objects immersed in a plasma. In this paper, results obtained by using the BLOB method to simulate collisionless sheaths are presented. The BLOB method is based on the particle-in-cell (PIC) approach, but uses particles with additional degrees of freedom to describe their size and shape
Keywords :
plasma kinetic theory; plasma sheaths; plasma simulation; BLOB method; bounded plasmas; charged particles; collisionless sheaths; confining structures; kinetic simulation; particle-in-cell approach; plasma industrial applications; reactor chamber surfaces; Computational modeling; Electrodes; Electrons; Kinetic theory; Plasma applications; Plasma confinement; Plasma properties; Plasma sheaths; Plasma simulation; Shape;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
