Comparison between the Boltzmann and Monte Carlo Simulation Methods for the Determination of Electron Swarm Transport Coefficients in Molecular Hydrogen

Abstract

The transport properties of an electron swarm drifting and diffusing in hydrogen as determined from a numerical solution of Boltzmann's equation are compared with those derived previously from a Monte Carlo simulation. The same set of cross sections has been used with each method to calculate transport coefficients in the range 0·5 .;;; EIN.;;; 200 Td. The comparison shows that the Boltzmann analysis is valid in this case whenever ionization is not significant.