Title :
Temporal characteristics of runaway electrons in electron-neutral collision-dominated plasma of dense gases. Monte Carlo calculations
Author :
Bakhov, Konstantin I. ; Babich, Leonid P. ; Kutsyk, Igor M.
Author_Institution :
Russian Federal Nucl. Centre, Sarov, Russia
fDate :
8/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Electron runaway rates, and runaway delay time, runaway threshold energies were obtained from Monte Carlo (MC) simulations in the field domains 35-400 kV/cm and 240-400 kV/cm, respectively, for helium and nitrogen at 1 atm. MC simulations disprove all available analytical theories that ignore angular scattering of electrons, with the sole exception of Gurevich´s theory for helium, in which angular scattering is relatively weak
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; plasma collision processes; plasma simulation; plasma transport processes; 1 atm; Gurevich´s theory; He; Monte Carlo calculations; N2; analytical theories; angular scattering; dense gases; electron-neutral collision-dominated plasma; electrons angular scattering; runaway delay time; runaway electrons; runaway threshold energies; temporal characteristics; Electrons; Equations; Helium; Kinetic theory; Monte Carlo methods; Particle scattering; Plasma density; Plasma properties; Plasma simulation; Stochastic processes;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
