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Radiation transport in kinetic simulations and the influence of photoemission on electron current in self-sustaining discharges

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Fierro, Andrew S.; Moore, Christopher H.; Yee, Benjamin T.; Hopkins, Matthew M.

A kinetic description for electronic excitation of helium for principal quantum number n 4 has been included into a particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation utilizing direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) for electron-neutral interactions. The excited electronic levels radiate state-dependent photons with wavelengths from the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) to visible regimes. Photon wavelengths are chosen according to a Voigt distribution accounting for the natural, pressure, and Doppler broadened linewidths. This method allows for reconstruction of the emission spectrum for a non-thermalized electron energy distribution function (EEDF) and investigation of high energy photon effects on surfaces, specifically photoemission. A parallel plate discharge with a fixed field (i.e. space charge neglected) is used to investigate the effects of including photoemission for a Townsend discharge. When operating at a voltage near the self-sustaining discharge threshold, it is observed that the electron current into the anode is higher when including photoemission from the cathode than without even when accounting for self-absorption from ground state atoms. The photocurrent has been observed to account for as much as 20% of the total current from the cathode under steady-state conditions.

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TYPE Journal Article YEAR 2017
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Comparison of Aleph and BOLSIG+ Results for Electron-Nitrogen Chemistry

Hopkins, Matthew M.; Crozier, Paul C.; Moore, Christopher H.

The goal of this report is to document the current status of Aleph with regards to electron collisions under an electric field. Aleph and the community-accepted BOLSIG+ code are both used to compute reactions rates for a set of 25 electron-nitrogen interactions. A reasonable comparison is found (see below) providing evidence that Aleph is successfully simulating or implementing: (1) Particle-particle collision cross-sections via DSMC methodology, (2) Energy balance for simple particle interactions, and (3) Electron energy distribution function (EEDF) evolution

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TYPE SAND Report YEAR 2014
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