Particle-in-Cell Simulations With Fluid Metastable Atoms in Capacitive Argon Discharges: Electron Elastic Scattering and Plasma Density Profile Transition

Wen, De-Qi; Krek, Janez; Gudmundsson, Jon Tomas; Kawamura, Emi; Lieberman, Michael A.; Verboncoeur, John P.

doi:10.1109/tps.2022.3174401

Particle-in-Cell Simulations With Fluid Metastable Atoms in Capacitive Argon Discharges: Electron Elastic Scattering and Plasma Density Profile Transition

Journal Article · 01 September 2022 · IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/tps.2022.3174401· OSTI ID:1980565

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Department of Computational Mathematics Science and Engineering, and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; OSTI
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
Science Institute, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Department of Computational Mathematics Science and Engineering, and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

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Research Organization:: Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0022078;

OSTI ID:: 1980565

Journal Information:: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 50; ISSN 0093-3813

Publisher:: IEEE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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