@article {4316,
	title = {The coupling of electron thermalization and electron attachment in CCl4/Ar and CCl4/Ne mixtures},
	journal = {Journal of Chemical Physics},
	volume = {108},
	number = {4},
	year = {1998},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: YR488Times Cited: 11Cited Reference Count: 61},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {1587-1600},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The relaxation of a nonequilibrium distribution of electrons in a mixture of CCl4 with either Ar or Ne is studied. In this paper, electron-CCl4 and electron-inert gas elastic collisions, vibrationally inelastic collisions between electrons and CCl4, as well as the electron attachment reaction with CCl4, are included in the analysis. The time dependent electron energy distribution function is determined from the Boltzmann equation and the energy relaxation times are determined. The coupling of the thermalization process and the attachment process are discussed in detail. The results from the calculations are analyzed analogous to experimental studies, and the methodology of the experimental reduction of the data is studied. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics.},
	keywords = {ARGON, CONDUCTIVITY, CROSS-SECTIONS, DEGRADATION, development, FIELD DEPENDENCE, MONTE-CARLO SIMULATION, RARE-GAS MODERATORS, SF6, SWARM, TRANSPORT},
	isbn = {0021-9606},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000071500300035},
	author = {Kowari, K. and Leung, K. and Shizgal, B. D.}
}
@article {4328,
	title = {The Quadrature Discretization Method (QDM) in comparison with other numerical methods of solution of the Fokker-Planck equation for electron thermalization},
	journal = {Journal of Mathematical Chemistry},
	volume = {24},
	number = {4},
	year = {1998},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 165EGTimes Cited: 7Cited Reference Count: 67},
	pages = {291-319},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The determination of the relaxation of electrons in atomic gases continues to be an important physical problem. The main interest is the determination of the time scale for the thermalization of electrons in different moderators and the nature of the time-dependent electron energy distribution. The theoretical basis for the study of electron thermalization is the determination of the electron distribution function from a solution of the Lorentz-Fokker- Planck equation. The present paper considers a detailed comparison of different numerical methods of solution of the Lorentz-Fokker- Planck equation for the electron distribution function. The methods include a pseudospectral method referred to as the Quadrature Discretization Method (QDM) which is based on non-standard polynomial basis sets, a finite-difference method, and a Lagrange interpolation method. The Fokker-Planck equation can be transformed to a Schrodinger equation, and methods developed for the solution of either equation apply to the other.},
	keywords = {ACCELERATION, BOLTZMANN-EQUATION, DISCRETE-ORDINATE, ENERGY-DISTRIBUTION, FIELD DEPENDENCE, method, MULTITERM CALCULATIONS, QUANTUM-MECHANICS, RARE-GAS MODERATORS, STOCHASTIC, TRANSPORT-COEFFICIENTS, VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION},
	isbn = {0259-9791},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000078506600001},
	author = {Leung, K. and Shizgal, B. D. and Chen, H. L.}
}
@article {2780,
	title = {A UNIFORM WENTZEL-KRAMERS-BRILLOUIN APPROACH TO ELECTRON-TRANSPORT IN MOLECULAR GASES},
	journal = {Journal of Chemical Physics},
	volume = {99},
	number = {10},
	year = {1993},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: MH744Times Cited: 4Cited Reference Count: 46},
	month = {Nov},
	pages = {7638-7651},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The relaxation of a nonequilibrium distribution of electrons in molecular gases, and the transient and steady electron transport properties are studied with the Boltzmann equation, which accurately accounts for elastic and inelastic electron-moderator collisions. The elastic collision operator is a self-adjoint Fokker-Planck operator, whereas the-inelastic collision term is a difference operator. We consider a discretization of the inelastic collision operator which is motivated by the discrete energy losses that occur. For small energy losses, a continuous approximation is introduced such that the inelastic collision term is approximated by a Fokker-Planck operator similar to the elastic collision operator. The transient electron transport properties are studied for an initial electron distribution function in terms of the eigenvalue spectrum of both the elastic and inelastic collision operators. The Fokker-Planck eigenvalue problem is transformed into a Schrodinger equation and the nature of the spectrum is studied in terms of the Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin and supersymmetric Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin approximations. The methodology is applied to model systems and the transport of electrons in methane.},
	keywords = {BOLTZMANN-EQUATION ANALYSIS, COEFFICIENTS, DIFFUSION, FIELD DEPENDENCE, MODERATORS, NEUTRAL GASES, PARAMETERS, SWARM, THERMALIZATION, VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION, WKB},
	isbn = {0021-9606},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://A1993MH74400037},
	author = {Demeio, L. and Shizgal, B.}
}
