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Solution of time-dependent Boltzmann equation for electrons in non-thermal plasma Z. Bonaventura, D. Trunec Department of Physical Electronics Faculty of Science · Masaryk University ´ˇ ´ Kotlarska 2, Brno, CZ-61137, Czech Republic ˇ Z. Bonaventura (UFE, F.Sci. MUNI) Simulation of Boltzmann equation Ondrejov, 18. 10. 2007 1 / 41 Description of plasma • Kinetic description: ⊲ most fundamental way providing f (r , v , t) ⊲ achieved by solving the Boltzmann equation ⊲ self-consistently determined the electromagnetic fields via Maxwell’s equations • Fluid description: ⊲ description of the plasma based on macroscopic quantities ⊲ fluid equations obtained by taking velocity moments of the BE • Hybrid description: ⊲ a combination of fluid and kinetic models treating some components of the system as a fluid and others kinetically • Gyrokinetic Description: ⊲ appropriate to systems with a strong background magnetic field ⊲ the kinetic equations are averaged over the fast circular motion of the gyroradius ˇ Z. Bonaventura (UFE, F.Sci. MUNI) Simulation of Boltzmann equation Ondrejov, 18. 10. 2007 2 / 41 What will I talk about? • weakly ionized plasma (small fraction of the atoms are ionized) • moderate pressure (∼ 1 Torr) • non-thermal or ’cold’ plasma (T T = T ) e ion gas • non-magnetized plasma (B=0) • solution of linear Boltzmann equat