Exploring nonlinear effects in a plasma-filled diode

M.O. Terra, J.J. Barroso and E.E.N. Macau

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2000, vol. 283, issue 1, 119-124

Abstract: The complex and chaotic dynamics of a one-dimensional plasma-filled diode is numerically explored by a particle-in-cell simulation. The system has just one control parameter, namely, the electron transit angle, and presents a complex behavior as a function of such a parameter. We report here the large diversity of nonlinear behaviors observed in our simulations when a virtual cathode formation occurs in the system. Particularly, among these interesting situations we stress those where virtual cathode discharges coexist with nonlinear oscillations.

Keywords: Nonlinearity; Numerical simulations; Plasma-filled diode; Virtual cathode formation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(00)00137-0

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