Spatiotemporal Characteristics of Charged-Particle Swarms in Orthogonal Electric and Magnetic Fields

Spatially resolved transport properties of a swarm of charged particles in spatially homogeneous and orthogonal dc electric and magnetic fields are investigated using a Monte Carlo simulation technique. The transient spatial profiles of the density and energy distribution function demonstrate an ini...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:IEEE transactions on plasma science 2011-11, Vol.39 (11), p.2566-2567
Main Authors: Raspopovic, Z. M., Dujko, S., White, R. D., Petrovic, Z. L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Charged particles
Computer simulation
Density
Distribution function
Distribution functions
Electric fields
Gaussian
Magnetic fields
Magnetomechanical effects
Monte Carlo methods
Monte Carlo simulation
Normal distribution
Origins
Oscillations
Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy
Physics
Spatial resolution
swarms
transport coefficients
Transport properties
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Spatially resolved transport properties of a swarm of charged particles in spatially homogeneous and orthogonal dc electric and magnetic fields are investigated using a Monte Carlo simulation technique. The transient spatial profiles of the density and energy distribution function demonstrate an initial periodic structure of similar physical origin to the Franck-Hertz oscillations. It is found that, independent of the presence of a magnetic field, the spatial density profiles of the swarm relax to a Gaussian profile after a sufficient time.
ISSN:0093-3813
1939-9375
DOI:10.1109/TPS.2011.2158243