Comparison of kinetic calculation techniques for the analysis of electron swarm transport at low to moderate E/N values

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 719-728

  Pinhao N R ^a   Donko Z ^b   Loffhagen, D ^c   Pinheiro, M J ^d   Richley, E A ^e  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^b WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^c Inst Niedertemperatur Plasmaphys   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONIZATION; KINETIC THEORY; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VELOCITY CONTROL;

BOLTZMANN EQUATIONS; ELECTRON SWARM TRANSPORT; ELECTRON VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION (EVDF); MOLECULAR GASES;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS;

EID: 9944247148     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/13/4/023     Document Type: Article

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