fieldIonization

Field Ionization

Works with a VSimPA license. Interaction of the form

\[A + \vec{E} \rightarrow A^+ + e^-\]

Any RxnProcess Block block which points to a productGenerator of kind = fieldIonization should have the Reactants and Products in the order:

reactants = [speciesToBeIonized multiFieldName.ElectricFieldName]
products = [Ion electron]

This product generator can be linked to a RxnRate block that determines the ionization rate for a field that time-resolved by the simulation time step, Field Ionization DCADK, or a block that determines the ionization rate when the fields are NOT resloved by the time step, Field Ionization Average ADK. This product generator should not be linked to any other type of RxnRate block.

Note

This process does not deplete EM field energy.

fieldIonization Attributes

randomSeed (int, optional, default: random int)

Manually set a random seed used to determine the final velocities of the product particles.

The default is to choose a random seed at run time. To produce identical simulations, advanced users may want to manually set a seed. It is recommended not to include this parameter so that a different random number will be generated for each run.

Example fieldIonization Block

<RxnProductGenerator productGenerator>
  kind = fieldIonization
  #randomSeed = 423
</RxnProductGenerator>