Reduced kinetic description of electron multiplication in gases
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- 14 June 1986
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
- Vol. 19 (6) , 1019-1028
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/19/6/016
Abstract
A one-dimensional model of electron multiplication in a gas is considered by using a system of moments equations. An approximate expression for the first Townsend ionisation coefficient is derived and found to be in good agreement with the experimental data for a variety of atomic gases.Keywords
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