The Monte Carlo Calculations for the Distribution Function of Energetic Electrons in a Plane-Parallel Hollow Cathode

Abstract

The energy distribution of high-energy electrons was calculated from the plane-parallel hollow-cathode glow discharge of helium gas. Calculations showed an energy distribution function similar to that of a cylindrical cathode whose function had already been obtained by the authors. However, few electrons whose energy equalled the cathode fall potential existed in the central region, contrary to the many electrons in that region in the cylindrical cathode.