The influence of negative ions in helium–oxygen barrier discharges: II. 1D fluid simulation and adaption to the experiment

A 1D fluid simulation was developed to investigate the influence of negative ions in a helium–oxygen barrier discharge between two glass plates at a distance of . The paper describes setting up the simulation for a pressure of and an admixture of oxygen to helium. In order to enable the comparison with laser photodetachment experiments, the simulation is adapted to the experimentally observed discharge current and gap voltage by varying gas temperature, flux of thermally desorpted electrons and secondary electron emission coefficients. The discharge is characterized by evaluation of the most important elementary collision processes as well as the kinetics of the charged species. Besides, the influence of long-living species on the discharge behavior is taken into account by long-time simulations. The negative ions are characterized by their spatio-temporal distribution in the gap and their production and loss processes. The comparison between simulations without and with consideration of negative ions reveals the importance of negative ions on the discharge development.

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