Abstract
In this review, several examples of ionized gases are presented where swarm models may be employed to provide full description. Those situations include low space charge pre-breakdown, Townsend region breakdown where space charge effects may be calculated from the swarm model and used as the first order perturbation to describe oscillations and transient signal and afterglows.
In addition, implications are considered for microdischarges, discharges in and close to liquids, gas-filled particle traps, thermalization of particles in living tissue, and many more. In all those situations, swarm models provide full description of the discharge, while for most other collision dominated non-equilibrium plasmas swarm physics (transport-related phenomena) provides
a part of the foundation of modeling.
In addition, implications are considered for microdischarges, discharges in and close to liquids, gas-filled particle traps, thermalization of particles in living tissue, and many more. In all those situations, swarm models provide full description of the discharge, while for most other collision dominated non-equilibrium plasmas swarm physics (transport-related phenomena) provides
a part of the foundation of modeling.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 1600124 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Plasma Processes and Polymers |
| Volume | 14 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - 30 Sept 2016 |
Keywords
- dc breakdown
- RF breakdown
- afterglow
- electrons
- ionization
- attachment
- positron traps