Particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo simulation of filamentary barrier discharges

Weili FAN (范伟丽); Zhengming SHENG (盛政明); Fucheng LIU (刘富成)

doi:10.1088/2058-6272/aa808c

Plasma Science and Technology > 2017 > 19(11): 115401. > DOI: 10.1088/2058-6272/aa808c

Weili FAN (范伟丽), Zhengming SHENG (盛政明), Fucheng LIU (刘富成). Particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo simulation of filamentary barrier discharges[J]. Plasma Science and Technology, 2017, 19(11): 115401. DOI: 10.1088/2058-6272/aa808c

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Particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo simulation of filamentary barrier discharges

1 Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (MoE) and Department of Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People’s Republic of China 2 Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA (CICIFSA), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People’s Republic of China 3 College of Physics Science and Technology, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, People’s Republic of China 4 SUPA, Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, United Kingdom

Funds: This work is sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 11505044, 11405042 and 11421064, the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province under Grant No. A2016201066, the Research Foundation of Education Bureau of Hebei province under Grant No. BJ2016006, and the Midwest Universities Comprehensive Strength Promotion Project.

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Received Date: June 08, 2017

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The plasma behavior of filamentary barrier discharges in helium is simulated using a two-dimensional (2D) particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo model. Four different phases have been suggested in terms of the development of the discharge: the Townsend phase; the space-charge dominated phase; the formation of the cathode layer, and the extinguishing phase. The spatial-temporal evolution of the particle densities, velocities of the charged particles, electric fields, and surface charges has been demonstrated. Our simulation provides insights into the underlying mechanism of the discharge and explains many dynamical behaviors of dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) filaments.
- dielectric barrier discharge,
- filamentary discharge,
- particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo simulation

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