Fluid simulation of an electrostatic plasma sheath with two species of positive ions and charged nanoparticles

2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (12) ◽  
pp. 123711 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Foroutan
2014 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Driouch ◽  
H. Chatei ◽  
M. El Bojaddaini

Fluid simulations are used to investigate a multi-component magnetized dusty plasma sheath. The model consists of positive ions, dust grains, and two species of electron populations. These electrons are assumed to be a sum of two Maxwellian distributions with two different temperatures (cold and hot). According to multi-fluid equations and some dimensionless variables, the dimensionless equations are obtained and solved numerically. The effect of the presence of the hot electrons in the sheath is examined. A significant change is observed in the quantities characterizing the sheath with respect to one species electrons (cold) assumption.


1997 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 455-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
SEUNGJUN YI ◽  
YASSER EL-ZEIN ◽  
KARL E. LONNGREN ◽  
TERENCE E. SHERIDAN

The two-dimensional spatial and temporal evolution of a plasma surrounding an electrode whose potential is suddenly decreased is experimentally investigated. The electrode contains a localized convex or a localized concave perturbation. The quasineutral plasma consists of positive ions and various proportions of negative ions and electrons. The results are compared and contrasted with those that are obtained numerically using a particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation and those that had previously been obtained using a fluid-model code.


2010 ◽  
Vol 76 (5) ◽  
pp. 673-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. K. SHUKLA ◽  
L. STENFLO

AbstractThe potential distribution around a charged dust grain in an electronegative plasma is obtained by using the appropriate dielectric susceptibilities for the Boltzmann distributed electrons and negative ions, and for the inertial positive ions that are streaming from the bulk plasma into the electronegative plasma sheath. The existence of oscillatory ion wakefields is shown. Positive ions are trapped/focused in the ion wakefields, and subsequently the negative dust particles are attracted to each other, forming ordered dust structures.


2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (9) ◽  
pp. 094501 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Moulick ◽  
M. K. Mahanta ◽  
K. S. Goswami

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