Free Path Formulae for the Electronic Conductivity of a Weakly Ionized Gas in the Presence of a Uniform and Constant Magnetic Field and a Sinusoidal Electric Field

Abstract

A general free path formula is given for the drift velocity of electrons in a weakly ionized gas in a sinusoidal electric field. Most special cases of interest, including the magnetic deflection of an electron stream in a gas, are readily derivable from the general formula.