Data needs for modeling low-temperature non-equilibrium plasmas: the LXCat project, history, perspectives and a tutorial

E Carbone, W Graef, G Hagelaar, D Boer, MM Hopkins… - Atoms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Technologies based on non-equilibrium, low-temperature plasmas are ubiquitous in today's
society. Plasma modeling plays an essential role in their understanding, development and …

The B-spline R-matrix method for atomic processes: application to atomic structure, electron collisions and photoionization

O Zatsarinny, K Bartschat - … of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The basic ideas of the B-spline R-matrix (BSR) approach are reviewed, and the use of the
method is illustrated with a variety of applications to atomic structure, electron–atom …

The LXCat project: Electron scattering cross sections and swarm parameters for low temperature plasma modeling

S Pancheshnyi, S Biagi, MC Bordage, GJM Hagelaar… - Chemical Physics, 2012 - Elsevier
LXCat is a dynamic, open-access, website for collecting, displaying, and downloading
ELECtron SCATtering cross sections and swarm parameters (mobility, diffusion coefficient …

BSR: B-spline atomic R-matrix codes

O Zatsarinny - Computer physics communications, 2006 - Elsevier
BSR is a general program to calculate atomic continuum processes using the B-spline R-
matrix method, including electron–atom and electron–ion scattering, and radiative …

3D PIC-MCC simulations of discharge inception around a sharp anode in nitrogen/oxygen mixtures

J Teunissen, U Ebert - Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate how photoionization, electron avalanches and space charge affect the
inception of nanosecond pulsed discharges. Simulations are performed with a 3D PIC-MCC …

Comparisons of sets of electron–neutral scattering cross sections and swarm parameters in noble gases: I. Argon

LC Pitchford, LL Alves, K Bartschat… - Journal of Physics D …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper describes work done in the context of the Gaseous Electronics Conference
(GEC) Plasma Data Exchange Project (PDEP) as discussed in the preface to this cluster …

Development of a lum** methodology for the analysis of the excited states in plasma discharges operated with argon, neon, krypton, and xenon

N Souhair, M Magarotto, E Majorana, F Ponti… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, a methodology is presented to compute the plasma properties (eg,, density
and temperature) accounting for the dynamics of the excited states. The proposed strategy …

Electron-impact excitation of argon at intermediate energies

O Zatsarinny, Y Wang, K Bartschat - Physical Review A, 2014 - APS
Large-scale R-matrix-with-pseudostates calculations for electron collisions with argon
atoms, using a recently developed parallel version of our B-spline R-matrix code, are …

Why the local-mean-energy approximation should be used in hydrodynamic plasma descriptions instead of the local-field approximation

GK Grubert, MM Becker, D Loffhagen - … E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter …, 2009 - APS
The local-mean-energy approximation (LMEA) and the local-field approximation (LFA) are
commonly applied to include the electron properties like transport and rate coefficients into a …

On the OES line-ratio technique in argon and argon-containing plasmas

S Siepa, S Danko, TV Tsankov… - Journal of Physics D …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Optical emission spectroscopy is used to investigate capacitively coupled argon and argon–
hydrogen–silane plasmas. The argon collisional–radiative model (CRM) used to extract the …