Obtaining precise electron swarm parameters from a pulsed Townsend setup

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 48, 2012, Pages

  Dahl, Dominik A ^a   Teich, Timm H ^a   Franck, Christian M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN; ELECTRICAL METHODS; ELECTRON ATTACHMENT; ELECTRON DRIFT; ELECTRON SWARM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COEFFICIENT; INTRINSIC PARAMETERS; MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES; MONTE CARLO; RECOMMENDED VALUES; REFERENCE DATA; REGRESSION METHOD; SWARM MODEL;

ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84869006690     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/45/48/485201     Document Type: Article

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