ELECTRON TEMPERATURES IN THE D REGION,

Abstract

Detailed estimates are made of the rates of energy loss of electrons moving in the D region and it is argued that the electron gas has a negligible non-thermal component. The Maxwellian velocity distribution of the thermal component is brought about by collisions with molecular nitrogen involving rotational transitions and the distribution is determined by the neutral particle gas temperature. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0618054

Entities

People

  • A. Dalgarno
  • R. J. W. Henry

Organizations

  • Queen's University Belfast

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Charge Carriers
  • Charged Particles
  • Collisions
  • Electron Gas
  • Electrons
  • Elementary Fermions
  • Elementary Particles
  • Fermions
  • Leptons
  • Nitrogen
  • Particles
  • Subatomic Particles
  • Transitions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics