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The Microscopic Treatment of Nonequilibrium Regions in a Weakly Ionized Gas

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Electrical Breakdown and Discharges in Gases

Part of the book series: NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series ((NSSB,volume 89a))

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Macroscopic parameters, such as drift velocity, diffusion, ionization, and attachment coefficients, used to describe the development of a discharge are normally measured in a swarm-type experiment (Huxley and Crompton, 1974). To analyze these experiments, we must assume that the electrons have reached an equilibrium hydrodynamic state so that their behavior after a sufficiently long time is such that the distribution function f(r,v,t,) (r, v and t are the position and velocity vectors and the time, respectively) can be considered a function of the density n(r,t). The transport parameters are then time and position independent (Kumar et al., 1980). In a great number of cases, the equilibrium regime effectively exists, and the preceding hypothesis is perfectly valid. Nevertheless, even if sufficient time has elapsed for the swarm to reach

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  1. Centre de Physique Atomique, Laboratoire Associé au CNRS no. 277, Université Paul Sabatier, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062, Toulouse cedex, France

    P. Segur & M. Yousfi

  2. Laboratorire de Physique des Décharges, Ecole Supérieure d’Electricité, Plateau du Moulon, 91190, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    J. P. Boeuf & E. Marode

  3. Department of Physics, University College of Swansea, University of Wales, Swansea, UK

    A. J. Davies & J. G. Evans

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Segur, P., Yousfi, M., Boeuf, J.P., Marode, E., Davies, A.J., Evans, J.G. (1983). The Microscopic Treatment of Nonequilibrium Regions in a Weakly Ionized Gas. In: Kunhardt, E.E., Luessen, L.H. (eds) Electrical Breakdown and Discharges in Gases. NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series, vol 89a. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4409-4_12

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