Hybrid Computer Simulation Scheme for Computational Study of Low-Temperature Plasma Containing Micrometer-Sized Dust Particles

• Published in: IEEE transactions on plasma science Vol. 38; no. 9; pp. 2407 - 2411
• Main Authors: Bartos, P., Blazek, J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.09.2010; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Algorithms; Argon plasma; Chemical elements; Computation; Computational fluid dynamics; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Differential equations; Diffusion coefficient; Distribution functions; Dust; Dusty plasma; electrical charging; Electron energy distribution; Electron mobility; Electrons; Fluid flow; High performance computing; hybrid computer simulation; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Physics; Plasma; Plasma applications; plasma modeling; Plasma simulation; Temperature
• ISSN: 0093-3813; 1939-9375
• DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2010.2055892

In this paper, an algorithm for the computational study of low-temperature argon plasma containing small micrometer-sized solid dust particulates is presented. In the first section, the numerical and computational approaches that are most frequently used in this area of research are summarized, and the references on some theoretical and experimental works are given. Consequently, we describe a hybrid model that is capable to express physical quantities depending on the electron energy distribution function (like reaction rates, diffusion coefficients, coefficients of mobility, etc.) as functions of space coordinates (x, y, z) and given time t . This way, the precision of calculation is increased in comparison with fluid modeling techniques. Some results of illustrative calculations are presented and discussed in the last section.