Electron Drift, Diffusion, and Ionization Measurements in Hydrogen with Crossed Electric and Strong Magnetic Fields |
Contents
General Apparatus | 12 |
Measurement of ParallelDiffusion Coefficient | 29 |
Analysis of Results | 35 |
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actual collision frequency analytic expression anode current average energy loss Bekefi and Brown Blevin and Haydon Boltzmann equation cathode cm/sec coaxial comparison configuration space constant collision frequency corresponding Crompton and Sutton current ratio cyclotron frequency diffusion coefficient distribution function distribution is Maxwellian drift-velocity ratio Druyvestyn E/p and B/p effective collision frequency elastic collision frequency electric field electrometers electron velocity energy distribution energy of electrons error function experiment filament fraction Frost and Phelps function of E/B gap spacing gauss helium hydrogen and deuterium impurities inelastic kilogauss Lawrence Radiation Laboratory low-energy region Maxwell distribution Maxwellian distribution measured values method middle ring negative ions number of electrons obtained parallel diffusion perpendicular drift velocity pressure Pyrex range Section II-C shown in Fig strong magnetic field theoretical expression transverse drift velocity values of a/p velocity ratio vibrational cross section vibrational excitation voltage zero magnetic field