
%0 Journal Article
%A Kumar, Kailash 
%A Skullerud, HR 
%A Robson, RE 
%T Kinetic Theory of Charged Particle Swarms in Neutral Gases
%J Australian Journal of Physics
%D 1980/04/01
%V 33
%N 2
%P 343-448
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/PH800343B
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/PH800343B 
%X The kinetic theory of charged test particles in a neutral gas, in the presence of static and uniform electric and magnetic fields, is reviewed. The effects of inelastic processes and reactions are included. The general space-time development of the swarms is considered and the relation between the nonhydrodynamic anQ hydrodynamic developments is pointed out. The transport coefficients are identified as statistical averages over the configuration-space and phase-space distributions. The evaluation of these averages by computer simulations is briefly discussed. 
