M Capitelli et al 2009 Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 18 014014 doi:10.1088/0963-0252/18/1/014014
M Capitelli1, G Colonna1, O De Pascale1, C Gorse1, K Hassouni2 and S Longo1
Show affiliationsThe role of second kind collisions (skc) in affecting the electron energy distribution function (eedf) is discussed in the light of old and new results. Different non-equilibrium situations are presented including low pressure and atmospheric plasmas. Special attention is devoted to the post-discharge conditions when the decay of electron temperature is such as to emphasize the role of skc in structuring the eedf. Finally, results for parallel plate reactors obtained by including self-consistent kinetics in a particle in cell with Monte Carlo collisions approach and 1D high enthalpy flows for aerospace applications are presented and discussed.
52.25.Kn Thermodynamics of plasmas
Issue 1 (February 2009)
Received 14 July 2008, in final form 7 October 2008
Published 14 November 2008
M Capitelli et al 2009 Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 18 014014
Lingxin Chen et al 2008 J. Micromech. Microeng. 18 013001
P.V. Dong et al JHEP11(2007)073
G Ratel and C Michotte 2004 Metrologia 41 06015
Josef Kluson JHEP08(2005)032
T Yabuuchi et al 2009 New J. Phys. 11 093031
Scott A Chambers and Bryan Gallagher 2008 New J. Phys. 10 055004
Jong Girl Ok et al 2008 J. Micromech. Microeng. 18 025007
Fatima Anis et al 2009 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 42 091001
Alessandro Zenesini et al 2008 New J. Phys. 10 053038