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JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS
Volume 54, Issue 27, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/abf70c
Keywords
non-thermal plasmas; afterglow; charging; collision rate constant; diffusion charging; Langevin dynamics
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- US National Science Foundation (NSF) PHY Grant under the Directorate of Mathematical & Physical Sciences [1903432]
- US Department of Energy Office of Science from the Office of Basic Energy Sciences [DE-SC0021206]
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-SC0021206] Funding Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Physics [1903432] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Particle charging in the afterglows of non-thermal plasmas is modeled by incorporating particle-ion collision rate constant models and scaling analysis, to extend the range of applicability. Validation of the developed collision rate constant models is done by comparing predictions of particle charge against measured values in past experiments, showing excellent agreement within a certain range. The influence of ion/electron concentration and gas temperature in the afterglow on particle charge is investigated, with predictions generally in qualitative agreement with measurements.
Particle charging in the afterglows of non-thermal plasmas typically take place in a non-neutral space charge environment. We model the same by incorporating particle-ion collision rate constant models, developed in prior work by analyzing particle-ion trajectories calculated using Langevin Dynamics (LD) simulations, into species transport equations for ions, electrons and charged particles in the afterglow. A scaling analysis of particle charging and additional LD calculations of the particle-ion collision rate constant are presented to extend the range of applicability to ion electrostatic to thermal energy ratios of 300 and diffusive Knudsen number (that scales inversely with gas pressure) up to 2000. The developed collision rate constant models are first validated by comparing predictions of particle charge against measured values in a stationary, non-thermal DC plasma from past PK-4 campaigns published in Ratynskaia et al (2004 Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 085001) and Khrapak et al (2005 Phys. Rev. E 72 016406). The comparisons reveal excellent agreement within +/- 35% for particles of radius 0.6, 1.0, 1.3 mu m in the gas pressure range of similar to 20- 150 Pa. The experiments to probe particle charge distributions by Sharma et al (2020 J. Physics D: Appl. Phys. 53 245204) are modeled using the validated particle-ion collision rate constant models and the calculated charge fractions are compared with measurements. The comparisons reveal that the ion/electron concentration and gas temperature in the afterglow critically influence the particle charge and the predictions are generally in qualitative agreement with the measurements. Along with critical assessment of the modeling assumptions, several recommendations are presented for future experimental design to probe charging in afterglows.
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