Title :
3-D Simulation of Low-Temperature Plasma Development Under Pulsed Conditions
Author :
Fierro, Andrew S. ; Dickens, James C. ; Neuber, Andreas A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX, USA
Abstract :
The development of a low-temperature plasma in a needle-protrusion to plane gap is investigated utilizing a 3-D particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo collision method implemented to run on single NVIDIA graphics processing unit. In addition to electron collisions, the model includes field detachment, photon tracking, and a drift-diffusion approximation for positive ions. The simulated geometry tracks several million electrons with 15-μm spatial resolution.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; plasma collision processes; plasma simulation; plasma transport processes; 3-D particle-in-cell-Monte Carlo collision method; NVIDIA graphics processing unit; drift-diffusion approximation; electron collisions; low-temperature plasma; needle-protrusion; pulsed conditions; spatial resolution; Atmospheric modeling; Graphics processing units; Ionization; Needles; Photonics; Plasmas; Solid modeling; Breakdown; particle-in-cell; plasmas; simulation; simulation.;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2014.2312137
