The motion of electron swarms in uniform electric fields
- 1 March 1976
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
- Vol. 9 (3) , 465-470
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/9/3/012
Abstract
The theory describing the behaviour of an electron swarm moving in a uniform electric field through a low-pressure gas (p approximately=1 Torr) is reappraised in the light of recent theoretical developments. A method of experimentally investigating such swarms, both pulsed and steady stream, by a study of the photons emitted by the gas following excitation by collision with the electrons of the swarm, is analysed.Keywords
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