AN INVESTIGATION OF THE SECONDARY-ELECTRON KINETICS AND ENERGY-DISTRIBUTION IN ELECTRON-BEAM-IRRADIATED ARGON

Authors
ELSON E ROKNI M
Citation
E. Elson et M. Rokni, AN INVESTIGATION OF THE SECONDARY-ELECTRON KINETICS AND ENERGY-DISTRIBUTION IN ELECTRON-BEAM-IRRADIATED ARGON, Journal of physics. D, Applied physics, 29(3), 1996, pp. 716-725
Citations number
43
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Journal of physics. D, Applied physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223727
Volume
29
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
716 - 725
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3727(1996)29:3<716:AIOTSK>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The evolutions of the kinetics and of the energy distribution of the s econdary electrons in argon gas during and following irradiation by a 350 ns 150 keV electron beam pulse have been studied quantitatively. T he investigation was conducted by time-resolved infrared interferometr y measurement of the secondary electron density for a wide range of ex perimental parameters and by comparison with a comprehensive time depe ndent kinetic code. From the comparison it was concluded that triatomi c molecular ions Ar-3(+) play important roles in the kinetic reactions .