Effect of emission velocity spread of secondary electrons in two-sided multipactor

Abstract

Detailed numerical simulations of the two-sided multipactor have been carried out within a plane-parallel model. The main aim of the simulations is to clarify the uncertainty that still exists in the literature concerning the overlapping of multipactor zones. Three different codes (Monte Carlo, particle-in-cell, and statistical) were used to calculate the multipactor charts within a wide range of parameters such as spread of initial velocities of the secondary electrons and maximum value of the secondary emission yield. It was found that an increase in the spread of initial velocities results in overlapping of the multipactor zones, provided the secondary emission is high enough. In the opposite case, an increase in the spread of initial velocities leads to a suppression of the higher multipactor zones.