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The distribution function of electrons in a cesium-argon mixture discharge is found in the present paper by solving Boltzmann's equation. The elastic and inelastic electron-atom collisions and electron-electron collisions are taken into consideration.
The influence of the addition of cesium vapours to argon on the quantities characterizing the discharge plasma is explained. From the electron distribution function are calculated: the drift velocity, the mean energy, the ratio of the diffusion and mobility coefficients and the electron energy losses for individual elementary processes as functions of the electric field and the concentration of the neutral gas components.
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Vokatý, E. Distribution function of electrons and kinetic coefficients in cesium-argon mixture discharge. Czech J Phys 22, 42–51 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01690944
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01690944