Charge decay in the spatial afterglow of plasmas and its impact on diffusion regimes

Abuyazid, Nabiel H.; Üner, Necip B.; Peyres, Sean M.; Mohan Sankaran, R.

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-42442-9

Charge decay in the spatial afterglow of plasmas and its impact on diffusion regimes

Journal Article · Thu Nov 02 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42442-9· OSTI ID:2204528

; Üner, Necip B.; Peyres, Sean M.;

Abstract

The spatial afterglow is a region at the boundary of a non-equilibrium plasma where charged species relax into ambient equilibrium. In many applications, the spatial afterglow is the part of the plasma that interacts with surfaces, such as suspended particles or a material substrate. However, compared to the bulk plasma, there has been little effort devoted to studying the properties of the spatial afterglow, and a fundamental analysis has not yet been developed. Here, we apply double Langmuir probe measurements and develop an advection-diffusion-recombination model to provide a detailed description of charged species in the spatial afterglow over a wide range of pressures, temperatures, plasma dimensions, and flow rates. We find that the density of charged species in the spatial afterglow decays by orders of magnitude, which leads to a transition from ambipolar to free diffusion. These insights can be used to explain or predict experimental observations of phenomena, such as the charging of dust grains and the dose of charged species to a biomaterial.

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Research Organization:: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0018202

OSTI ID:: 2204528

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2472079

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 14; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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