EXACT SOLUTION OF A ONE-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT PROBLEM WITH ELASTIC AND INELASTIC SCATTERING,

Abstract

A gas of charged particles making both elastic and inelastic collisions is assumed to be in a uniform steady state in a uniform steady electric field. Supposing that the gas obeys a one-dimensional Boltzmann equation, this equation is solved exactly for the case of energy-independent elastic and inelastic mean free paths, together with the assumption of isotropic scattering. The gas drift velocity and gas temperature are then obtained from the velocity distribution, their dependences on electric field strength are displayed. The results are in good qualitative agreement with other theories and with experiments on N-type Germanium at liquid Nitrogen temperature. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0680352

Entities

People

  • Richard A. Gerwin

Organizations

  • Boeing

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Boltzmann Equation
  • Charged Particles
  • Collisions
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Equations
  • Germanium
  • Inelastic Scattering
  • Mean Free Path
  • Nitrogen
  • Particles
  • Scattering
  • Steady State
  • Transport Ships

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics