Finite volume solution of the relativistic Boltzmann equation for electronavalanche studies

Authors
Symbalisty, EMD Roussel-Dupre, RA Yukhimuk, VA
Citation
Emd. Symbalisty et al., Finite volume solution of the relativistic Boltzmann equation for electronavalanche studies, IEEE PLAS S, 26(5), 1998, pp. 1575-1582
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE
ISSN journal
00933813 → ACNP
Volume
26
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1575 - 1582
Database
ISI
SICI code
0093-3813(199810)26:5<1575:FVSOTR>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The Boltzmann equation for a population of relativistic electrons in a cons tant external electric field in air is solved numerically in order to deter mine parameters of the resulting runaway electron beam. The numerical solut ion takes advantage of algorithms from computational fluid dynamics. This w ork revises the results from the original work where the numerical solution was found to be unstable.