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Structures of velocity distribution functions and transport parameters of the electron swarm in CH4 in a DC electric field

N Shimura and T Makabe

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The structure of each term in the density gradient expansion of the velocity distribution function of an isolated electron swarm has been investigated in a DC field by a numerical analysis using a finite element Boltzmann equation method. The electron swarm parameters, including the dissociation rate in CH4, have been calculated over a wide range: 0.1<E/N<3000 Td.


PACS

51.10.+y Kinetic and transport theory of gases

34.80.Ht Dissociation and dissociative attachment

51.50.+v Electrical properties (ionization, breakdown, electron and ion mobility, etc.)

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Atomic and molecular physics

Plasma physics

Dates

Issue 5 (14 May 1992)



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