Total electron impact excitation cross sections of Ar and Kr
- 15 October 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 29 (8), 467-469
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.89147
Abstract
A simple accurate method for normalizing the absolute magnitude of measured relative rare‐gas excitation cross‐section data to published measurements of the first Townsend coefficient is presented. Using a code which solved the Boltzmann equation we have determined that the predicted first Townsend coefficient is a very sensitive function of the electron impact excitation cross section. In Ar and Kr we have found that a 10% change in the cross section results in a 30% change in the first Townsend coefficient.Keywords
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