Eur. Phys. J. D 54, 313-318 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2009-00099-3

Computational study of plasma-solid interaction in argon plasma with inclusion of magnetic field

Department of Surface and Plasma Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, V Holešovičkách 2, 180 00 Prague, Czech Republic

Corresponding author: ^a ehavlickova@centrum.cz

Received: 4 September 2008
Revised: 1 January 2009
Published online: 19 March 2009

Abstract

In the presented contribution two groups of techniques of computational physics were used for the study of sheath structure in the DC glow discharge in argon plasma – the fluid modelling describing macroscopic plasma phenomena and the particle modelling providing more detailed insight into the plasma processes. A comparison of different computational methods is given with attention to the efficiency of computer codes in two dimensions. Another point of interest is the inclusion of external magnetic field into the models and its effect on the sheath structure.