Spatiotemporal characteristics of charged-particle swarms in orthogonal electric and magnetic fields

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Raspopović, Zoran M.;Dujko, Saša;White, Ronald D.;Petrović, Zoran Lj.
Ron White
Abstract

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.

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IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

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IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

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39

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1939-9375

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11

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10.1109/TPS.2011.2158243