title: Boundary conditions in fluid models of gas discharges
abstract: Fluid models of gas discharges are typically based on continuity equations and drift-diffusion equations for plasma particle species. The boundary conditions for these equations are an important part of the description of the problem. In this Brief Report, we point out that the most commonly used boundary conditions do not describe the physics properly. We present improved boundary conditions that can be used instead.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, P. O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Hagelaar
authors.lastname: de Hoog FJ
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Kroesen