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Boundary conditions for drift-diffusion equations in gas-discharge plasmas

Plasma Physics 2020-03-24 v3

Abstract

This paper develops a general approach to the derivation of the boundary conditions for hydrodynamic equations for charged and neutral plasma components. It includes both a well-known classical case for pure diffusion, and considers the expressions for diffusion and drift together - for an absorbing (neutralizing) wall with partial reflection and the possible emission of plasma components. Some unclear and controversial terms found in the existing literature are clarified. Several examples of applications of the results, which illustrate the properties of boundary conditions for electrons and ions, are calculated and analyzed.

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@article{arxiv.1812.06699,
  title  = {Boundary conditions for drift-diffusion equations in gas-discharge plasmas},
  author = {V. V. Gorin and A. A. Kudryavtsev and Jingfeng Yao and Chengxun Yuan and Zhongxiang Zhou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.06699},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

This is a revised version of our paper that was primarelly submitted to Physical Review E - 2018, November, 24. Now it is published in Physics of Plasmas 27, 1 (2020). After publication, a mistake in the Sample IV.C is corrected