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Title: The characteristics of atmospheric radio frequency discharges with frequency increasing at a constant power density

Abstract

A computational model is used to investigate the characteristics of atmospheric radio frequency discharges by increasing frequency from 20 to 100 MHz at a constant power density. The simulation results show that increasing frequency can effectively enhance electron density before the transition frequency but after it the ignition is quenched then the electron density decreases. However this simulation also indicates the maximum time-averaged electron energy reduces monotonically with the excitation frequency increasing at a constant power density.

Authors:
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  1. School of Electrical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province 250061 (China)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
21466995
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 97; Journal Issue: 14; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3496474; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; ELECTRON DENSITY; ELECTRONS; EXCITATION; HIGH-FREQUENCY DISCHARGES; MHZ RANGE; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA SIMULATION; POWER DENSITY; RADIOWAVE RADIATION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; FERMIONS; FREQUENCY RANGE; LEPTONS; RADIATIONS; SIMULATION

Citation Formats

Yuantao, Zhang, Qingquan, Li, Jie, Lou, and Qingmin, Li. The characteristics of atmospheric radio frequency discharges with frequency increasing at a constant power density. United States: N. p., 2010. Web. doi:10.1063/1.3496474.
Yuantao, Zhang, Qingquan, Li, Jie, Lou, & Qingmin, Li. The characteristics of atmospheric radio frequency discharges with frequency increasing at a constant power density. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3496474
Yuantao, Zhang, Qingquan, Li, Jie, Lou, and Qingmin, Li. 2010. "The characteristics of atmospheric radio frequency discharges with frequency increasing at a constant power density". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3496474.
@article{osti_21466995,
title = {The characteristics of atmospheric radio frequency discharges with frequency increasing at a constant power density},
author = {Yuantao, Zhang and Qingquan, Li and Jie, Lou and Qingmin, Li},
abstractNote = {A computational model is used to investigate the characteristics of atmospheric radio frequency discharges by increasing frequency from 20 to 100 MHz at a constant power density. The simulation results show that increasing frequency can effectively enhance electron density before the transition frequency but after it the ignition is quenched then the electron density decreases. However this simulation also indicates the maximum time-averaged electron energy reduces monotonically with the excitation frequency increasing at a constant power density.},
doi = {10.1063/1.3496474},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21466995}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
issn = {0003-6951},
number = 14,
volume = 97,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 04 00:00:00 EDT 2010},
month = {Mon Oct 04 00:00:00 EDT 2010}
}