Benchmark calculations for monte carlo simulations of electron transport

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1241-1248

  Raspopovic, Zoran M ^a   Sakadzic, Sava ^a   Bzenic, Svetlan A ^a   Petrovic, Zoran Lj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Electron swarms; Electrons; Monte carlo simulations; Rf plasmas; Transport coefficients

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION IN GASES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; IONIZATION OF GASES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES; TENSORS;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT COEFFICIENTS;

PLASMA SIMULATION;

EID: 0033204124     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.799799     Document Type: Article

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