
%0 Journal Article
%A Ness, K. F. 
%A Nolan, A. M. 
%T Flux and reactive contributions to electron transport in methane.
%J Australian Journal of Physics
%D 2000/06/22
%V 53
%N 3
%P 437-446
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/PH99087
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/PH99087 
%X A previously developed theoretical analysis (Nolan et al. 1997) is applied to the study of electron transport in methane for reduced electricfields in the range 1 to 1000 Td. The technique of analysis identifies the flux and reactive components of the measurable transport, without resort to the two-term approximation. A comparison of the results of the Monte Carlo method with those of a multiterm Boltzmann equation analysis (Ness and Robson 1986) shows good agreement. The sensitivity of the modelled electron transport to post-ionisation energy partitioning is studied by comparison of three ionisation energy partitioning regimes at moderate (300 Td) and high (1000 Td) values of the reduced electricfield. 
