Comparison between the Boltzmann and Monte Carlo Simulation Methods for the Determination of Electron Swarm Transport Coefficients in Molecular Hydrogen
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- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by CSIRO Publishing in Australian Journal of Physics
- Vol. 32 (3) , 255-260
- https://doi.org/10.1071/ph790255
Abstract
The transport properties of an electron swarm drifting and diffusing in hydrogen as determined from a numerical solution of Boltzmann's equation are compared with those derived previously from a Monte Carlo simulation. The same set of cross sections has been used with each method to calculate transport coefficients in the range 0�5 .;;; EIN.;;; 200 Td. The comparison shows that the Boltzmann analysis is valid in this case whenever ionization is not significant.Keywords
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