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A differential equation is derived for the time dependence of the average random-motion energy of a particle drifting in an electric field. There is a discussion of the various versions of this equation, the equation of motion which follows from it, and particular solutions. There is a discussion of topics associated with the time dependence of the coordinate of a drifting particle, the average drift velocity, and the current-voltage characteristic of the drift region for the case of a space-charge limitation on the current.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii Fizika, No. 8, pp. 119–125, August, 1969.
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Malyshev, V.A. Theory of the drift motion of charged particles. Soviet Physics Journal 12, 1066–1071 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00820944
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00820944