@article {3083,
	title = {ELECTRON DEGRADATION AND THERMALIZATION IN SIH4 GAS},
	journal = {Chemical Physics},
	volume = {185},
	number = {1},
	year = {1994},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: NV740Times Cited: 9Cited Reference Count: 30},
	month = {Jul},
	pages = {1-11},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The time-dependent Boltzmann equation is applied to the study of the degradation and thermalization of a nonequilibrium distribution of subexcitation electrons in SiH4. For the small electron to SiH4 mass ratio, the collision operators in the Boltzmann equation reduce to the differential Fokker-Planck operator for elastic collisions and the difference operator for inelastic collisions. A finite difference method of solution of the Boltzmann equation is used. The time evolution of the electron energy distribution and the thermalization time of subexcitation electrons are calculated for initial electron energies of 1, 3 and 5 eV. It is shown that super elastic collisions due to vibrational de-excitation play an important role in the thermalization process.},
	keywords = {CROSS-SECTIONS, ENERGY, HELIUM, INITIAL PRODUCTS, NITROGEN, SPECTRA, SUBEXCITATION ELECTRONS, TIME-DEPENDENT ASPECTS, YIELDS},
	isbn = {0301-0104},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://A1994NV74000001},
	author = {Kowari, K. and Shizgal, B. D.}
}
@article {7288,
	title = {ELECTRON DEGRADATION AND THERMALIZATION IN CH4 GAS},
	journal = {Journal of Chemical Physics},
	volume = {97},
	number = {3},
	year = {1992},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: JE891Times Cited: 17Cited Reference Count: 44},
	month = {Aug},
	pages = {2061-2074},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The relaxation to equilibrium of an ensemble of electrons dilutely dispersed in a large excess of CH4 is studied with solutions of the Boltzmann equation. Elastic and vibrationally inelastic collision processes are included in the analysis. The relaxation time for the approach to equilibrium defined for the relaxation of the average electron energy is determined for two different cross section sets. The kinetic theory formalism, based on the Boltzmann equation, is compared with the formalism used in radiation chemistry and physics and based on the Spencer-Fano equation.},
	keywords = {APPROXIMATION, equation, INITIAL PRODUCTS, NEUTRAL GASES, SPENCER-FANO, SUBEXCITATION ELECTRONS, SWARMS, TIME-DEPENDENT ASPECTS, TRANSPORT-COEFFICIENTS, VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION, YIELDS},
	isbn = {0021-9606},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://A1992JE89100051},
	author = {Kowari, K. and Demeio, L. and Shizgal, B.}
}
