Russian Physics Journal

, Volume 60, Issue 8, pp 1425–1436 | Cite as

Physical Kinetics of Electrons in a High-Voltage Pulsed High-Pressure Discharge with Cylindrical Geometry

  • V. Yu. Kozhevnikov
  • A. V. Kozyrev
  • N. S. Semeniuk
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Results of theoretical modeling of the phenomenon of a high-voltage discharge in nitrogen at atmospheric pressure are presented, based on a consistent kinetic theory of the electrons. A mathematical model of a nonstationary high-pressure discharge has been constructed for the first time, based on a description of the electron component from first principles. The physical kinetics of the electrons are described with the help of the Boltzmann kinematic equation for the electron distribution function over momenta with only ionization and elastic collisions taken into account. A detailed spatiotemporal picture of a nonstationary discharge with runaway electrons under conditions of coaxial geometry of the gas diode is presented. The model describes in a self-consistent way both the process of formation of the runaway electron flux in the discharge and the influence of this flux on the rate of ionization processes in the gas. Total energy spectra of the electron flux incident on the anode are calculated. The obtained parameters of the current pulse of the beam of fast electrons correlate well with the known experimental data.

Keywords

pulsed gas breakdown runaway electrons discharge with runaway electrons kinetic model of a plasma 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • V. Yu. Kozhevnikov
    • 1
    • 2
  • A. V. Kozyrev
    • 1
    • 2
  • N. S. Semeniuk
    • 1
  1. 1.Institute of High-Current Electronics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesTomskRussia
  2. 2.National Research Tomsk State UniversityTomskRussia

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