The Boltzmann Equation in Gas Discharges with Some Application to SF6

Abstract

We describe the behaviour of the electrons in a gas discharge by using the Boltzmann equation and Fermi golden rule ideas. The resulting equations are applied to Sulphur Hexafluroide and electron energy distribution functions are calculated. The distributions are shown to be in close agreement with those of a Monte-Carlo simulation. The ideas developed here should be easily extended to solve anisotropic scattering problems and may also make use of the pseudopotentials which are now becoming available in the literature. Keywords: Gas discharge lasers, Hot electrons, Uniform steady state, Electron equations, Great Britain.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA229563

Entities

People

  • E. K. Gorton
  • P. K. Milsom

Organizations

  • Royal Signals and Radar Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boltzmann Equation
  • Distribution Functions
  • Elastic Scattering
  • Electric Fields
  • Electron Energy
  • Electron Gas
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Energy Levels
  • Equations
  • Gas Discharges
  • Inelastic Scattering
  • Momentum
  • Momentum Transfer
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Relaxation Time
  • Scattering

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Microelectronics