Periodic electron structures in gases: a fluid model of the window phenomenon
Nicoletopoulos, P., and Robson, R.E. (2008) Periodic electron structures in gases: a fluid model of the window phenomenon. Physical Review Letters , 100 (12). p. 124502.
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Abstract
Periodic electron spatial structures in gases occur within a window of voltages and pressures. Recent accurate solutions of Boltzmann’s equation portray this effect, but offer little physical insight into the causes of windowing. Here we show for the first time how such insight can be obtained using the fluid model established by Robson, White, and Petrović [Rev. Mod. Phys. 77, 1303 (2005)], with an appropriate generalization of the heat flux ansatz. Conversely, the success in portraying windowing itself becomes a stringent test of the integrity of this fluid model, which can then be applied to a wider range of problems.
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1079-7114 |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Mar 2010 22:16 |
| FoR Codes: | 02 PHYSICAL SCIENCES > 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics > 020201 Atomic and Molecular Physics @ 100% |
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