
%0 Journal Article
%A Robson, RE 
%T Boundary Effects in Solution of Boltzmann's Equation for Electron Swarms
%J Australian Journal of Physics
%D 1981/06/01
%V 34
%N 3
%P 223-242
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/PH810223
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/PH810223 
%X The combined effect of interaction of electrons with walls, neutral molecules and an electrostatic field is considered through analytic solution of Boltzmann's equation. In the first instance, we discuss a half-range decomposition in velocity space, corresponding to electrons moving to and from the walls, which is valid for all types of electron-molecule interactions. The half-range equations are solved in the steady state for zero field and the constant mean free path model, and it is shown that the familiar full-range 'two-term' approximation equations are adequate in this case, as far as estimating bulk properties of the electrons is concerned. For the nonzero field, again in the steady state, the full-range equations are solved for the constant collision frequency model. 
