Monte Carlo Simulation for an Electrical Discharge in O2

Leyla Zeghichi; Leïla Mokhnache; Mebarek Djebabra

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.227.211

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Experimental Study of Evolution of NO and NO₂ in a Positive Corona Discharge
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Diagnostic of a RF (13.56MHz) Magnetron in Ar/CH₄ Discharge
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Optical Properties of a-C:H Films Deposited by Plasma Microwave Discharge with Controlling Substrate Temperature
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Development of a Radiofrequency Plasma Diagnostic System with a Langmuir Probe and Study of a Capacitively Coupled Argon Plasma
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Monte Carlo Simulation for an Electrical Discharge in O₂
p.211

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Monte Carlo Simulation for an Electrical Discharge in O₂

Abstract:

The generation of plasmas and the initiation of electrical breakdown are realized by the phenomenon of electrical discharge which is provoked when we apply a sufficient electric field in a gas. Consequently the free charges are accelerated, new charged particles are created and others are destructed. This can be ranged in four phenomena: elastic collision (recombination), attachment, excitation and ionization. The aim of this paper is to study the basic phenomena in an electrical discharge in the case of Oxygen O₂. Monte Carlo Simulation is used to follow the random trajectory of free charges determining in each path many parameters of the discharge. To determinate electrical and physical parameters, we have used the sampling laws. The spatial distributions of space charges (electrons, positive and negative ions) are also obtained. The determination of electrical field depends on distributions of charged particles obtained by solving the Maxwell equations.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volume 227)

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211-214

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April 2011

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Leyla Zeghichi, Leïla Mokhnache, Mebarek Djebabra

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Collision Cross Section, Collision Energy, Collision Probability, Electrical Discharge, Electrical Field, Electrons Swarm, Mean Free Flight Time, Mean Free Path, Monte-Carlo Simulation, Plasma

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