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Monte‐Carlo Calculations of Electron Transport Coefficients in H 2 . First Simulations of the Townsend‐Huxley Experiment
Author(s) -
Braglia M.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
contributions to plasma physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1521-3986
pISSN - 0863-1042
DOI - 10.1002/ctpp.2150320502
Subject(s) - monte carlo method , townsend , physics , statistical physics , swarm behaviour , electron , computational physics , nuclear physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , statistics , mathematical optimization
The aim is to get additional evidence to assist in resolving the discrepancy between swarm‐derived, theoretical and beam‐measured vibrational cross sections for the case v = 0→1. Good agreement between Monte‐Carlo and experimental transport data is obtained with the swarm‐derived cross sections. However, some simulations relevant to the Townsend‐Huxley experiment call into question the accuracy of the characteristic energies used in swarm analyses. Possible reasons of the observed discrepancies between Monte‐Carlo and experimental data and expected implications even on the accuracy of the cross sections in H 2 are discussed.