Electron kinetics in low-temperature plasmas

Kolobov, Vladimir; Godyak, Valery

doi:10.1063/1.5093199

Title: Electron kinetics in low-temperature plasmas

Journal Article · 04 June 2019 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5093199 · OSTI ID:1610603

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CFD Research Corporation, Huntsville, AL (United States); Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL (United States)
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States); RF Plasma Consulting, Brookline, MA (United States)

This work presents an overview of recent advances in the field of electron kinetics in low-temperature plasmas (LTPs). It also provides author's views on where the field is headed and suggests promising strategies for further development. The authors have selected several problems to illustrate multidisciplinary nature of the subject (space and laboratory plasma, collisionless and collisional plasmas, and low-pressure and high-pressure discharges) and to illustrate how cross-disciplinary research efforts could enable further progress. Nonlocal electron kinetics and nonlocal electrodynamics in low-pressure rf plasmas resemble collisionless effects in space plasma and hot plasma effects in fusion science, terahertz technology, and plasmonics. The formation of electron groups in dc and rf discharges has much in common with three groups of electrons (core, strahl, and halo) in solar wind. Runaway electrons in LTPs are responsible for a wide range of physical phenomena from nano- and picoscale breakdown of dielectrics to lightning initiation. Understanding electron kinetics of LTPs could promote scientific advances in a number of topics in plasma physics and accelerate modern plasma technologies.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0001939

OSTI ID:: 1610603

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1524459

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 26, Issue 6; ISSN 1070-664X

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

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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