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Bifurcations of current transfer through a collisional sheath with ionization and self-organization on glow cathodes
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A bifurcation analysis is performed of a dc glow discharge between parallel electrodes and of a dc near cathode space-charge sheath bordering a uniform plasma column. A model of plasma is considered with a
single ion species and motion of the charged particles dominated by drift. Bifurcation points are found at which
steady-state modes with spots on the cathode branch off from the abnormal mode or from the mode corre sponding to the falling section of the current-density–voltage characteristic. In both discharge configurations,
bifurcations in the abnormal mode have been detected; an unexpected result given that loss of stability and
pattern appearance in dc gas discharges are usually associated with a negative differential resistance of the
discharge. The conclusion is drawn that the two most important mechanisms governing appearance of patterns
on glow cathodes, which are electrostatic mechanism and diffusion, produce competing effects: the former
favors appearance of modes with multiple spots, while the latter favors appearance of a mode with one spot.
This may explain the appearance in experiments of a normal spot or, alternatively, of patterns with multiple
spots.
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Bifurcations of current transfer Glow cathodes Collisional sheath Ionization . Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia
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Benilov, M. S. (2008). Bifurcations of current transfer through a collisional sheath with ionization and self-organization on glow cathodes. Physical Review E, 77(3), 036408.DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.77.036408
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American Physical Society