Kinetic description of electrons in inhomogeneous electric fields

Autor:	A. Zahraoui, S Laffont, C Moutarde, S Pineau, P Segur, A. Alkaa, A. Chouki
Rok vydání:	1995
Předmět:	Physics Electron avalanche Electric field Electric susceptibility Electron Electric potential Optical field Atomic physics Condensed Matter Physics Space (mathematics) Kinetic energy Computational physics
Zdroj:	Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 4:183-199
ISSN:	1361-6595 0963-0252
DOI:	10.1088/0963-0252/4/2/003
Popis:	In this paper the different methods that are available to describe the kinetics of electrons in uniform and non-uniform electric fields under stationary conditions are reviewed. The efficiency of these methods is systematically investigated. Numerical results are given for atomic and molecular gases and the importance of the non-equilibrium of electrons is emphasized. The first part of this study is devoted to plane-parallel geometries, the second part to wire-cylindrical geometries. In the latter case, non-equilibrium effects, in electron avalanche amplification, due to the space variation of the electrostatic field, are evaluated with the help of experimental determinations. A technique to take into account, in a simplified manner, the non-equilibrium of electrons due to electric field gradients is proposed.
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