Comparison of the results of Monte Carlo simulations with experimental data for electron swarms in N 2 from moderate to very high electric field to gas density ratios (E/N)

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 834-846

  Stojanovic V D ^a   Petrovic Z Lj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DENSITY OF GASES; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON REFLECTION; ELECTRON SCATTERING; IONIZATION OF GASES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NITROGEN;

CHARGE MULTIPLICATION; ELECTRON MOTION; ELECTRON SWARMS; STEADY STATE TOWNSEND (SST) CONDITIONS;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS;

EID: 0032492526     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/31/7/013     Document Type: Review

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