Nonequilibrium Effects in Ion and Electron Transport

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Non-Equilibrium Electron Transport: A Brief Overview

   • L. C. Pitchford, J. P. Boeuf, P. Ségur, E. Marode

   Pages 1-9

3. Beam, Swarm and Theoretical Studies of Low-Energy Electron Scattering: Some Exemplars

   • R. W. Crompton

   Pages 11-36

4. Coupled Solutions of Boltzmann Equation, Vibrational and Electronic Nonequilibrium Kinetics

   • C. Gorse

   Pages 37-48

5. Higher-Order Electron Transport in Gases

   • B. M. Penetrante, J. N. Bardsley

   Pages 49-66

6. Non-Local Descriptions of Electron Swarms in Space-Time

   • H. A. Blevin, L. J. Kelly

   Pages 67-81

7. A Description of the Non-Equilibrium Behavior of Electrons in Gases: Macro-Kinetics

   • E. E. Kunhardt

   Pages 83-98

8. Nonequilibrium Effects in Electron Transport at High E/n

   • Y. M. Li

   Pages 99-120

9. Electron Collision Cross Sections for Processing Plasma Gases from Swarm and Discharge Data

   • Larry E. Kline

   Pages 121-142

10. When Can Swarm Data Be Used to Model Gas Discharges

    • Michael J. McCaughey, Mark J. Kushner

    Pages 143-156

11. Non-Equilibrium Effects in DC and RF Glow Discharges

    • David B. Graves, M. Surendra

    Pages 157-176

12. Measurements of Attachment Coefficients in the Presence of Ionization

    • D. Kenneth Davies

    Pages 177-195

13. Ion Transport and Ion-Molecule Reactions of Negative Ions in Sf6

    • Yoshiharu Nakamura

    Pages 197-210

14. A Survey of Recent Research on Ion Transport in Sf6

    • J. de Urquijo, I. Alvarez, C. Cisneros, H. Martínez

    Pages 211-227

15. Collisional Electron-Detachment and Ion-Conversion Processes in Sf6

    • J. K. Olthoff, R. J. Van Brunt, Yicheng Wang, L. D. Doverspike, R. L. Champion

    Pages 229-244

16. A Close Encounter Between Theory and Experiment in Electron-Ion Collisions

    • M. A. Hayes

    Pages 245-259

17. Electron-Ion, Ion-Ion, and Ion-Neutral Interactions

    • Rainer Johnsen

    Pages 261-274

18. Electron-Ion Recombination in Dense Molecular Media

    • Kyoji Shinsaka, Yoshihiko Hatano

    Pages 275-289

19. The Mobility of Electrons in Liquid Argon; Some Differences and some Similarities with the Motion of Electrons in Crystals and Gases

    • G. Ascarelli

    Pages 291-312

20. Ultrafast and Ultrasensitive Dielectric Liquids/Mixtures: Basic Measurements and Applications

    • L. G. Christophorou, H. Faidas, D. L. McCorkle

    Pages 313-328

This volume presents the contributions of the participants in the Sixth International Swarm Seminar, held August 2-5, 1989, at the Webb Institute in Glen Cove, New York. The Swarm Seminars are traditionally held as relatively small satellite conferences of the International Conference on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions (ICPEAC) which occurs every two years. The 1989 ICPEAC took place in New York City prior to the Swarm Seminar. The focus of the Swarm Seminars has been on basic research relevant to understanding the transport of charged particles, mainly electrons and ions, in weakly ionized gases. This is a field that tends to bridge the gap between studies of fundamental binary atomic and molecular collision processes and studies of electrical breakdown or discharge phenomena in gases. Topics included in the 1989 seminar ranged the gamut from direct determinations of charged-particle collision cross sections to use of cross sections and swarm parameters to model the behavior of electrical gas discharges. Although the range of subjects covered was in many respects similar to that of previous seminars, there was an emphasis on certain selected themes that tended to give this seminar a distinctly different flavor. There was, for example, considerable discussion on the meaning of "equilibrium" and the conditions under which nonequilibrium effects become important in the transport of electrons through a gas.

• basic research
• crystal
• ion transport
• liquid
• magnetic field
• spectroscopy

• National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, USA

  Jean W. Gallagher, Richard J. Brunt

• Naval Surface Warfare Center, Silver Spring, USA

  David F. Hudson

• Polytechnic University, Farmingdale, USA

  Erich E. Kunhardt

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