Original scientific paper
Swarm studies on elementary processes in nitrogen
A. Settaouti
; Electrotechnic Department, University of Sciences and Technology, P. O. Box. 1505, El-M’naouar, Oran, Algeria
L. Settaouti
; Electrotechnic Department, University of Sciences and Technology, P. O. Box. 1505, El-M’naouar, Oran, Algeria
Abstract
Nitrogen is widely used in many technical and industrial applications. Electron swarms in a gas under the influence of an electric field can be simulated with the help of a Monte Carlo method. The evaluated swarm parameters are compared with experimental results for drift velocity, electron mean energy and the ionization coefficient. The electron-molecule collision cross sections adopted in the simulation result are in a good agreement with the experimental values.
Keywords
N2 gas; swarm parameters; Monte Carlo simulation; electron transport
Hrčak ID:
302005
URI
Publication date:
3.7.2005.
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