Application of energy-balance model from gas discharge to single-surface multipactor

• Published in: Plasma sources science & technology Vol. 29; no. 12; pp. 125012 - 125018
• Main Authors: Wang, Huihui, Bai, Xianchen, Liu, Laqun, Liu, Dagang, Meng, Lin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 01.12.2020
• Subjects: dielectric breakdown; electric field power; energy balance; gas discharge; particle-in-cell simulation; single-surface multipactor

A unified theory of multipactor discharge on a dielectric is proposed by utilizing the similarity of the energy balance between multipactor and collisional gas discharge. In this theory, the electron energy gain in multipactor is predicted using the classical formulas for the electric field powers i...