What really happens with the electron gas in the famous Franck-Hertz experiment?

Contributions to Plasma Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 178-197

  Sigeneger, F ^a   Winkler, R ^a   Robson, R E ^b  

^a D 17489   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Field reversal; Power balance; Space dependent Boltzmann equation; Velocity distribution function

Indexed keywords

ANODES; BOLTZMANN EQUATION; BUDGET CONTROL; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON GAS; ELECTRONS; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; WATER VAPOR;

ANODE CURRENTS; ATOMIC STATE; BOLTZMANN'S EQUATIONS; CURRENT CHARACTERISTIC; FIELD REVERSAL; FRANCK-HERTZ EXPERIMENTS; NONUNIFORMITY; POWER BALANCE; SPACE-DEPENDENT BOLTZMANN EQUATION; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

POTENTIAL ENERGY;

EID: 0042524434     PISSN: 08631042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ctpp.200310014     Document Type: Article

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