Electron swarm development in SF6. II. Monte Carlo simulation
- 14 June 1988
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
- Vol. 21 (6) , 931-936
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/21/6/011
Abstract
For pt.I see ibid., vol.21, p.922 (1988). Electron swarm parameters for the steady-state Townsend, pulsed Townsend and time-of-flight experiments are calculated for SF6 gas by Monte Carlo simulation over the E/N range from 141 to 707 Td. The calculation is carried out using the same cross sections determined by a Boltzmann equation method in pt.I. The present results are in excellent agreement with those deduced by the Boltzmann equation analysis for steady-state and pulsed Townsend experiments. The swarm parameters such as the centre-of-mass drift velocity Wr, the mean-arrival-time drift velocity Wm, the longitudinal DL and transverse DT diffusion coefficients for the time of flight, which were not calculated in the previous paper, are discussed in detail.Keywords
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