磁场对直流辉光放电阴极鞘层中电子输运过程的影响

采用MonteCarlo模拟方法研究了磁场对直流辉光放电阴极鞘层中电子输运过程的影响.磁场垂直于阴极鞘层中电场的方问.模型中,电子与中性粒子的碰撞过程有三种(弹性碰撞;激发碰撞和电离碰撞).电子的自由飞行步长由电子与中性粒子的碰撞频率来决定.计算了电子的密度分布,电子与中性粒子的非弹性碰撞速率,以及电子能量和电子通量分布等.结果表明,横向磁场能在一定程度上改变直流放电中电子的输运过程.磁场中电子与中性粒于的非弹性碰撞速率被增强,这一结果与实验结果符合较好.     

磁场对直流辉光放电阻极鞘层中电子输运过程的影响

采用Ｍｏｎｔ－Ｃａｒｌｏ模拟方法研究了磁场对直流辉放电阴极鞘层中电子输运过程的影响，磁场垂直于阴极鞘层中电场的方向，模型中，电子与中性粒的碰撞过程有三种。电子的自由飞行步长由电子与中性粒子的碰撞频率来决定，计算了电子的密度分布，电子与中性粒的非弹性碰撞速率，以及电子能量和电子通量分布等，结果表明，横向磁场能在一定程度上改变直流放电中电子的输运过程，磁场中电子与中性粒子的非性弹碰撞速率被增强，这一结     

尘埃粒子在直流辉光放电阴极鞘层中的运动及悬浮

研究尘埃粒子在直流辉光放电阴极鞘层中的运动特性,并讨论了尘埃粒子携带的电荷、受到的各种力及悬浮位置等.尘埃粒子在鞘层中的运动特性及悬浮位置主要由它的尺寸大小和它所受到的各种力(重力、电场力、离子拖拽力、中性粒子拖拽力)决定.比较无碰撞鞘层和碰撞鞘层发现,尘埃粒子在碰撞鞘层中的悬浮位置更加靠近极板;比较下鞘(阴极板放在下方时的鞘层)和上鞘(阴极板放在上方时的鞘层)发现,在下鞘中只有同一半径的尘埃粒子悬浮在鞘层中的同一位置,而在上鞘中两种不同半径的尘埃粒子可以悬浮在鞘层中的同一位置.悬浮在鞘层中的尘埃粒子只可 关键词：     

直流辉光等离子体阴极鞘层电子的输运过程

采用蒙特卡罗方法对氦直流辉光放电平板电极等离子体阴极鞘层内电子的输运过程进行了研究。利用实验数据拟合得到的电子与中性粒子的碰撞截面,计算了电子的平均能量及能量分布的空间变化,同时研究了电子的其它参数分布.     

氮气辉光放电阴极鞘层重粒子输运过程研究

采用蒙特卡罗模拟对氮气辉光放电等离子体阴极鞘层内离子(N₂⁺,N⁺)和快中性分子(N_2f)的输运过程进行了研究,计算了阴极鞘层中离子(N₂⁺,N⁺)和快中性分子的能量及角分布的空间变化,较好地解释了实验结果.得到了氮气辉光放电等离子体阴极附近主要存在着能量较低的荷能分子、密度较低的高能原子离子及密度和能量居中的分子离子.诸粒子状态随放电条件而变化.模拟结 关键词：     

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采用蒙特卡罗模型对氮空心阴极放电等离子体鞘层离子(N2 、N )的输运过程进行了模拟研究,计算了阴极鞘层中氮离子(N2 、N )的能量及角分布的空间变化和粒子密度及平均能量随放电参数的变化规律。研究结果表明:空心阴极放电产生的氮离子,在鞘层输运过程中,N2 是密度几乎不变的低能粒子;N 是密度逐渐减少的高能粒子。随着电压增加,N 密度减小,平均能量增加;N2 密度和平均能量变化不明显。能量及入射角的相对分布规律与平板电极氮直流辉光放电基本类似,但圆筒空心阴极放电更有利于氮离子的产生。     

直流空心阴极放电中鞘层区电子的输运过程

采用蒙特－卡洛方法对空心阴极放电中鞘层区电子的输运过程进行了研究，电子在鞘层区被非均匀电场加速，两次碰撞之间的步长是由电子与中性粒子的碰撞频率确定。模型中三种碰撞截面积是由实验和理论数据拟合而来。研究了电子平均能量、电子密度和电离系数在径向的分布。电子能量的空间分布结果与实验很好地符合。 关键词：     

气体放电空心阴极鞘层氩离子的蒙特-卡罗模拟研究

建立了气体放电空心圆筒阴极鞘层离子的自洽蒙特-卡罗模拟模型,对鞘层区内离子的输运过程进行了研究。考虑了离子与中性原子的电荷交换碰撞和弹性散射,用到了精确依赖于离子能量的电荷交换和动量输运截面。模拟了氩离子在空心阴极鞘层中的运动,得到了不同放电条件下自洽电场分布,离子的能量分布,角分布以及电子密度分布和离子密度分布。计算结果表明:离子在由鞘层边界向阴极运动过程中,离子能量分布的高能部分逐渐增大,角分布向小角度部分压缩,鞘层中的强电场对离子起加速和聚焦作用;在鞘层内离子密度分布比较均匀,只是在鞘层边界附近变化 关键词：     

气体放电阴极鞘层氩离子的自洽蒙特卡罗模拟

建立了气体放电阴极鞘层离子的自洽蒙特卡罗模拟模型,考虑了离子与中性原子的电荷交换碰撞和弹性散射,用到了精确依赖于离子能量的电荷交换和动量输运截面。模拟了氩离子在阴极鞘层中的运动,得到了不同气压下自治电场分布,离子的能量分布和角分布,发现:离子由鞘层边界向阴极运动过程中,离子能量分布的高能部分逐渐增大,角分布向小角度部分压缩,鞘层中的强电场加速和聚焦了离子;在鞘层边界附近的电场呈非线性。     

N+2离子在氮直流辉光放电中碰撞离解的作用

采用氮辉光放电等离子体快电子和各种重粒子（N＋２，N＋，Nf）的混合Monte Carlo模型，从不同放电条件的离解碰撞率，快原子态粒子（N+，Nf）在阴极鞘层区的输运过程及轰击阴极的能量及角分布三个方面研究了 N＋２+N２→N+＋N+N2f反应在氮气直流辉光放电中的作用.该过程在电压较高时为阴极鞘层区的重要离解过程， 且主要发生在阴极附近，其碰撞率随电压和气压增加而增加；阴极表面附近的活性粒子（N＋，Nf）主要由该离解过程产生（而不是e--N2离解电离过程），而且这些粒子具有中等的平均能量且小角入射，是 关键词： 氮直流辉光放电 Monte Carlo模拟 N＋２-N２碰撞离解     

Side-chain effects on the capacitive behaviour of ionic liquids in microporous electrodes

Classical density functional theory (cDFT) is used to investigate electrosorption of ionic liquids in porous electrodes within the framework of a coarse-grained model. The purpose of this study is to clarify the influence of the side alkyl chains of imidazolium cations on the electric double layer (EDL) capacitance that was studied in a number of recent investigations but with contradictory trends. For an ionic liquid near a planar electrode, cDFT predicts that the capacitance falls by extending the alkyl chain length of cations because neutral segments reduce the packing density of counterions thus the charge density. The side-chain effect is more complicated for ionic liquids in micropores owing to space-charge competition. Adding neutral segments to imidazolium cations always reduces the capacitance in cases where the surface electrical potential of micropores is sufficiently large. However, the capacitance shows a nonmonotonic dependence on the alkyl chain length at intermediate surface potentials. Surprisingly, addition of neutral segments to the cations has the most pronounced effect on the EDL capacitance in cases when the surface potential is positively charged. These findings challenge the conventional assumption that the alkyl side chains of imidazolium ions only negatively impact ionic liquid performance in charge storage.     

Variation of Excitation Spectra in Mixed-Stack Charge-Transfer Complexes

Local excitation spectra in different spin and charge channels are calculated in the one-dimensional extended Hubbard model with alternating energy levels at half filling for mixed-stack charge-transfer complexes. Near the boundary between the neutral and ionic phases, the electronic system is easily distorted by an additional term that reduces the symmetry and opens a gap. Alternating transfer integrals produce a nonmagnetic spin-Peierls phase; while staggered magnetic fields produce an antiferromagnetic phase. Both of them enhance the ionicity when they are introduced into the neutral phase near the boundary. Accordingly, these additional terms enhance low-energy spin excitations, although these excitations are suppressed when compared with those in the regular ionic phase. The regular ionic phase has a larger spectral weight in the local current channel than the neutral phase. This would imply that, in one dimension and if the lattice effect is negligible, the ionic phase has smaller activation energy in the electric conductivity near the boundary than the neutral phase.     

Characteristics and underlying physics of ionic wind in dc corona discharge under different polarities

During a dc corona discharge, the ions' momentum will be transferred to the surrounding neutral molecules, inducing an ionic wind.The characteristics of corona discharge and the induced ionic wind are investigated experimentally and numerically under different polarities using a needle-to-ring electrode configuration.The morphology and mechanism of corona discharge, as well as the characteristics and mechanism of the ionic wind, are different when the needle serves as cathode or anode.Under the different polarities of the applied voltage, the ionic wind velocity has a linear relation with the overvoltage.The ionic wind is stronger but has a smaller active region for positive corona compared to that for negative corona under a similar condition.The involved physics are analyzed by theoretical deduction as well as simulation using a fluid model.The ionic wind of negative corona is mainly affected by negative ions.The discharge channel has a dispersed feature due to the dispersed field, and therefore the ionic wind has a larger active area.The ionic wind of positive corona is mainly affected by positive ions.The discharge develops in streamer mode, leading to a stronger ionic wind but a lower active area.     

Mass analysis of fast ions from a glow discharge in a binary mixture

The ratios of the various ions do not correspond to those of the neutral species or to the ratios of the ionic components in the negative column [1]. The results indicate that charge transfer in the cathode dark space causes altered energy distribution and a mass spectrum for the fast ions passing to the cathode from the negative column.I am indebted to Dr. A. V. Bondarenko for direction in this work.     

Microscopic density functional theory of wetting and drying of a solid substrate by an explicit solvent model of ionic solutions

Classical density functional theory (DFT) of inhomogeneous fluids is applied to an explicit solvent ‘semi-primitive’ model (SPM) of ionic solutions to investigate the influence of ionic solutes on the wetting behaviour of a solvent in contact with a neutral or charged planar substrate. The SPM is made up of three species of hard sphere particles with different diameters, interacting via an attractive Yukawa potential to model excluded volume and cohesion. The solvent particles are neutral, while the monovalent anions and cations are oppositely charged. The polar nature of the solvent is modelled by a continuum dielectric permittivity linked to the local solvent density. All three species interact with the impenetrable substrate via an attractive external potential. While excluded volume effects are accurately described by a Rosenfeld ‘fundamental measure’ free energy functional, the short range Yukawa attraction and Coulombic interactions are treated within the mean-field approximation. The ionic solutes are found to have a significant impact on the wetting behaviour of the solvent, in particular on the wetting temperature. Strong electric fields, or long-ranged (weakly screened) Coulombic forces are shown to have the propensity to change the wetting transition from second to first order. The cation–anion size asymmetry leads to charge separation on the liquid–vapour interface of the solution, which in turn can induce a drying transition on the liquid side of liquid–vapour coexistence.     

A Model of the Multicathode-Spot Vacuum Arc

A model is proposed for the multicathode-spot (MCS) vacuum arc. A zero-order model is filrst constructed, whereby the interelectrode plasma is produced by the multitude of cathode spots, and flows to the anode upon which it condenses. The electron density is calculated by assuming that the plasma is uniform within a cylinder bounded by the electrodes and using expenmental data for the ionic velocities and ion current fraction obtained in single cathode spot arcs. The electron density thus obtained is proportionate to the current density, and is equal to 5 × 1020 m-3 in the case of a 107-A/m2 Cu arc. The model predictions are a factor of 3-4 lower than measured values. First-order perturbations to the zero-order model are considered taking into account inelastic electron-ion collisions, plasma-macroparticle interactions, the interaction of the self-magnetic field with the plasma and electric current flows, and the interaction with the anode. Inelastic collisions tend to increase the ionicity of the plasma as a function of distance from the cathode, in agreement with spectroscopic observations. Macroparticles are heated by ion impact until they have significant evaporation rates. The vapor thus produced is ultimately ionized, and most probably accounts for the discrepancy between the zero-order prediction of electron densities and the measured values. Constrictions near the anode in both the plasma and electric current flows have been calculated. An overabundant electron current supply forces the anode to assume a negative potential with respect to the adjacent plasma.     

Modeling of plasma behavior in a plasma electrode Pockels cell

We present three interrelated models of plasma behavior in a plasma electrode Pockels cell (PEPC). In a PEPC, plasma discharges are formed on both sides of a thin, large-aperture electro-optic crystal (typically KDP). The plasmas act as optically transparent, highly conductive electrodes, allowing uniform application of a longitudinal field to induce birefringence in the crystal. First, we model the plasma in the thin direction, perpendicular to the crystal, via a one-dimensional fluid model. This yields the electron temperature and the density and velocity profiles in this direction as functions of the neutral pressure, the plasma channel width, and the discharge current density. Next, me model the temporal response of the crystal to the charging process, combining a circuit model with a model of the sheath which forms near the crystal boundary. This model gives the time-dependent voltage drop across the sheath as a function of electron density at the sheath entrance. Finally, we develop a two dimensional MHD model of the planar plasma, in order to calculate the response of the plasma to magnetic fields. We show how the plasma uniformity is affected by the design of the current return, by the longitudinal field from the cathode magnetron, and by fields from other sources. This model also gives the plasma sensitivity to the boundary potential at which the top and bottom of the discharge are held. We validate these models by showing how they explain observations in three large Pockels cells built at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory     

Thermionic Cathode Electron Gun for High Current Densities

An electron gun using lanthanum hexaboride (LaB6) as a cathode material is being studied for use as a robust thermionic emitter at high cathode current densities. It has a standard planar cathode, Pierce-type electron gun design with a space-charge-limited perveance of 3.2 × 10-6 A/V3/2. Thus far it has been operated up to 36 kV in the space-charge-limited regime. The cathode is heated by electron bombardment and radiation from an auxiliary tungsten filament. The total heating requirement is found to be 202 W/cm2 of cathode area at a cathode temperature of 1626°C. These observations are found to be in reasonable agreement with a thermal steady-state power balance model. Beam current distribution measurements are made with a movable collector and Faraday cup, and are found to be in agreement with an electron-gun computer code. The cathode temperature distribution is also measured.     

离子(N2+, N+)在氮辉光放电等离子体光辐射中的作用

采用氮辉光放电等离子体电子与重粒子综合的Monte Carlo模型,研究了离子(N2+,N+)与氮分子碰撞产生光辐射的强度分布及其 在氮辉光放电等离子体光辐射中的作用。两种离子产生的各种碰撞激发和辐射都分布在鞘层区内,光辐射强度向阴极方向逐渐 增加,且总强度随放电电压增加而增强。相对于电子产生的碰撞激发辐射,离子(N2+,N+)引起的辐射在阴极附近引起次最大 光强,且原子离子N+的作用较分子离子N2+大。当电压较低时,离子(N2+,N+)引起的辐射可以忽略。模拟结果很好解释了两 种典型的N2辉光放电光学发射谱的实验结果,为等离子体诊断研究中的光谱数据分析提供参考。     

爆炸电子发射初期阴极表面电场的研究

为了研究二极管爆炸电子发射初始阶段阴极表面复杂的物理现象及规律, 建立了由场致电子发射阴极构成的一维平板真空二极管物理模型,通过自行编程数值求解泊松方程, 考虑了发射出的电子对阴极表面电场的非线性影响,自洽模拟得到了阴极表面电场随时间的变化情况. 模拟结果表明,爆炸电子发射初期,阴极表面电场随时间的增加而呈现出不断振荡的规律, 且振荡幅度越来越小,最终到达一个稳态的值,二极管两极板之间的外加电场越大, 阴极表面稳态电场的绝对值越大;电场增强系数越大,阴极表面稳态电场的绝对值越大. 在整个时间演变过程中,阴极表面的实际电场强度决定着阴极发射的电流密度大小, 反过来阴极发射的电流密度又会影响到阴极表面的电场.