We suggest a new approach to numerical modeling of electron distribution function in an electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) discharge. The method is based on a pointwise mapping of electron velocity over a single bounce oscillation. We limit our consideration to ECR heating, collisions, ionization, and ambipolar losses from the trap although other processes can be accounted for as well. The method gives a solution close to the brute-force particle-in-cell integration but is incomparably faster. Initial results of experiments are presented. (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics.
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