A Monte Carlo simulation of collisional processes in a Townsend discharge in neon

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 556-560

  Nikitović, Željka D ^a   Strinić, Aleksandra I ^a   Stojanović, Vladimir D ^a   Malović, Gordana N ^a   Petrović, Zoran Lj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Experiment; Monte Carlo code; Neon; Townsend discharge

Indexed keywords

ANODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTIAL DISCHARGES;

NULL-COLLISION; PARALLEL PLATE DRIFT TUBE; TOWNSEND DISCHARGE;

NEON;

NEON;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EXCITATION; GAS ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

EID: 33845892772     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2005.12.061     Document Type: Article

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