Breakdown voltages of a capacitively coupled radio frequency argon discharge
at 27 MHz are studied. We use a one-dimensional electrostatic PIC code to
investigate the effect of changing the secondary emission properties of the
electrodes on the breakdown voltage, particularly at low pd values. Simulation
results are compared with the available experimental results and a satisfactory
agreement is found.Comment: 12th International Congress on Plasma Physics, 25-29 October 2004,
Nice (France