Particle-in-cell modeling of the nanosecond field emission driven discharge in pressurized hydrogen

Levko, Dmitry; Yatom, Shurik; Krasik, Yakov E.

doi:10.1063/1.5021129

Particle-in-cell modeling of the nanosecond field emission driven discharge in pressurized hydrogen

Journal Article · Mon Feb 26 23:00:00 EST 2018 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5021129· OSTI ID:1472064

Levko, Dmitry ^[1]; Yatom, Shurik ^[2]; ^[3]

The Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (United States)
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Technion, Haifa (Israel)

The high-voltage field-emission driven nanosecond discharge in pressurized hydrogen is studied using the one-dimensional Particle-in-Cell Monte Carlo collision model. It is obtained that the main part of the field-emitted electrons becomes runaway in the thin cathode sheath. These runaway electrons propagate the entire cathode-anode gap, creating rather dense (~10¹² cm^–3) seeding plasma electrons. In addition, these electrons initiate a streamer propagating through this background plasma with a speed ~30% of the speed of light. Such a high streamer speed allows the self-acceleration mechanism of runaway electrons present between the streamer head and the anode to be realized. As a consequence, the energy of runaway electrons exceeds the cathode-anode gap voltage. In conclusion, the influence of the field emission switching-off time is analyzed. It is obtained that this time significantly influences the discharge dynamics.

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Research Organization:: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-09CH11466

OSTI ID:: 1472064

Journal Information:: Journal of Applied Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 123; ISSN 0021-8979

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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