The Effect of Inelastic Collisions on Diffusion Coefficients for Electron Swarms

Abstract

The effect of inelastic collisions on the ratio of the longitudinal to lateral diffusion coefficients for electrons in electrostatic fields in gases is investigated for several different momentum transfer cross sections. The effect of varying both the strength of the inelastic effects and their energy dependence is examined and the results are used to discuss some of the DL/f.l data of Wagner et al. (1967).