• Electron-neutral collisions effects on Langmuir probe in the lower E-region ionosphere 

      Brask, Steffen Mattias; Marholm, Sigvald; Di Mare, Francesca; Adhikari, Sayan; Spicher, Andres; Takahashi, T.; Miloch, Wojciech Jacek (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-21)
      We present the first set of particle-in-cell simulations including Monte Carlo collisions between charged and neutral particles used to simulate a cylindrical Langmuir probe in the electron saturation regime with a collisional electron sheath. We use a setup focused on the E-region ionosphere; however, the results of these simulations are analyzed in a general sense using dimensionless values. We ...