Publications in nelson.bib [rss]
2025
[34] M S Benilov, N A Almeida, "Why is there no generally accepted theory of the plasma-sheath transition and the Bohm criterion?", Phys. Plasmas, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 030501, 2025. [bib] [doi]
2024
[33] D F N Santos, N A Almeida, L G Benilova, M S Benilov, "Model of non-equilibrium near-cathode plasma layers for simulation of ignition of high-pressure arcs on cold refractory cathodes", J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., vol. 57, no. 40, pp. 405202, 2024. [bib] [doi]
2022
[32] Nelson Almeida, Helena Kaufmann, Mikhail Benilov, "Phenomenological description of vacuum breakdown", 10th International Workshop on the Mechanisms of Vacuum Arcs (Hybrid MeVArc 2022, Sept. 18 - 22, 2022, Chania, Greece), pp. 27-31, 2022. [bib]
[31] D F N Santos, N A Almeida, M Lisnyak, J-P Gonnet, M S Benilov, "Numerical investigation of regimes of current transfer to anodes of high-pressure arc discharges", Phys. Plasmas, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 043503, 2022. [bib] [doi]
[30] N A Almeida, H T C Kaufmann, M S Benilov, "Numerical Simulation of Vacuum Breakdown, part II: the thermal balance of the cathode with a temperature-dependent β", Abs. XXV Europhys. Sec. Conf. At. Mol. Phys. Ionized Gases (ESCAMPIG), Paris, France, July 19-23, 2022, pp. 250-251, 2022. [bib]
[29] D F N Santos, N A Almeida, M Linsyaka, J -P Gonnet, M S Benilov, "Numerical investigation of regimes of current transfer to anodes of high-pressure arc discharges", Abs. XXV Europhys. Sec. Conf. At. Mol. Phys. Ionized Gases (ESCAMPIG), Paris, France, July 19-23, 2022, pp. 246-247, 2022. [bib]
2021
[28] D F N Santos, M Lisnyak, N A Almeida, L G Benilova, M S Benilov, "Numerical investigation of AC arc ignition on cold electrodes in atmospheric-pressure argon", J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., vol. 54, no. 19, pp. 195202, 2021. [bib] [doi]
2019
[27] M S Benilov, N A Almeida, "Kinetic Bohm criterion in the Tonks-Langmuir model: Assumption or theorem?", Phys. Plasmas, vol. 26, no. 12, pp. 123505, 2019. [bib] [doi]
2018
[26] D Santos, M Lisnyak, M D Cunha, N A Almeida, M S Benilov, "A coupled model of an LTE arc column and the cathode in high-pressure arc discharges", Proc. XXII Int. Conf. Gas Discharges and their Applications, 2nd - 7th Sept. 2018, Novi Sad, Serbia, vol. 1, pp. Ad 1-4, 2018. [bib]
2017
[25] N A Almeida, M D Cunha, M S Benilov, "Computing anode heating voltage in high-pressure arc discharges and modelling rod electrodes in dc and ac regimes", J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., vol. 50, no. 38, pp. 385203, 2017. [bib]
[24] N A Almeida, M D Cunha, M S Benilov, "Numerical modelling of high-pressure arc discharges: computing anode heating voltage", XXXIII International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases (ICPIG 2017), Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, pp. 281, 2017. [bib]
2016
[23] M S Benilov, N A Almeida, M Baeva, M D Cunha, L G Benilova, D Uhrlandt, "Account of near-cathode sheath in numerical models of high-pressure arc discharges", J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., vol. 49, no. 21, pp. 215201, 2016. [bib] [pdf]
[22] M Baeva, M S Benilov, N A Almeida, D Uhrlandt, "Novel non-equilibrium modelling of a DC electric arc in argon", J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., vol. 49, no. 24, pp. 245205, 2016. [bib] [pdf]
[21] M S Benilov, N A Almeida, M Baeva, M D Cunha, L G Benilova, D Uhrlandt, "Comparing models of near-cathode sheaths in high-pressure arcs", 14th High-Tech Plasma Processes Conference (HTPP 14), pp. 139, 2016. [bib]
2015
[20] N A Almeida, M S Benilov, L G Benilova, M Baeva, "Boundary conditions at the plasma-cathode interface in high-pressure arcs", Abstracts 42nd IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS 2015) (May 24-28, 2015, Belek, Antalya, Turkey), Belek, Antalya, Turkey, 2015. [bib]
2013
[19] N A Almeida, M S Benilov, L G Benilova, W Hartmann, N Wenzel, "Near-cathode plasma layer on CuCr contacts of vacuum arcs", IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., vol. 41, no. 8, pp. 1938-1949, 2013. [bib] [pdf]
[18] N A Almeida, M S Benilov, L G Benilova, W Hartmann, N. Wenzel, "Modeling near-cathode plasma layer on contacts of vacuum arcs", Abstracts PPPS 2013 IEEE PPPS 2013 (San Francisco, June 2013), San Francisco, 2013. [bib]
[17] N A Almeida, M S Benilov, "Simulating AC current transfer through near-electrode layers in very-high pressure arcs by means of COMSOL Multiphysics", Proc. 31th ICPIG (Granada, July 2013), Institute of Plasma Physics, Granada, 2013. [bib]
2012
[16] N A Almeida, M S Benilov, "Physics of the intermediate layer between a plasma and a collisionless sheath and mathematical meaning of the Bohm criterion", Phys. Plasmas, vol. 19, no. 7, pp. 073514, 2012. [bib] [pdf] [doi]
2009
[15] Nelson Alexandre Almeida, "Modelização das camadas junto aos eléctrodos em descargas de arco de alta pressão", PhD thesis, Universidade da Madeira, 2009. [bib] [pdf] [slides]
[14] N A Almeida, M S Benilov, U Hechtfischer, G V Naidis, "Investigating near-anode plasma layers of very high-pressure arc discharges", J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 045210 (11pp), 2009. [bib] [pdf]
[13] N A Almeida, M S Benilov, "Comparative analysis of the near-anode and near-cathode boundary layers in high-pressure arc discharges", Proc. 29th ICPIG (Cancún, July 2009), Institute of Plasma Physics, Cancún, 2009. [bib]
2008
[12] N A Almeida, M S Benilov, G V Naidis, "Unified modelling of near-cathode plasma layers in high-pressure arc discharges", J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., vol. 41, no. 24, pp. 245201 (26pp), 2008. [bib] [pdf]
[11] N A Almeida, M S Benilov, G. V. Naidis, "Unified numerical modelling of near-cathode plasma layers in high-pressure arc discharges", Abstracts of the 19th Europhysics Sectional Conference on the Atomic and Molecular Physics of Ionized Gases (ESCAMPIG)(July 15-19, 2008, Granada, Spain), Granada, pp. 3-33, 2008. [bib]
[10] N A Almeida, M S Benilov, "Unified modelling of near-electrode non-equilibrium layers in high-pressure arc discharges", Abstracts of 2008 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (June 15–19, 2008, Karlsruhe, Germany), IEEE, ISBN 978-1-4244-1930-2, p. 446, Karlsruhe, 2008. [bib]
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