Different modes of a capacitively coupled radio-frequency discharge in methane

Phys Rev Lett. 2004 Apr 16;92(15):155001. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.155001. Epub 2004 Apr 15.

Abstract

The transition between different regimes of a capacitevely coupled radio-frequency gas discharge in methane is studied with a combined particle-in-cell Monte Carlo collision algorithm over a wide range of gas pressure P and discharge current j. The results of this study are compared with known experimental and numerical results and summarized on a P-j phase diagram, which constitutes the areas of existence of different discharge regimes.