Electron transport in argon in crossed electric and magnetic fields

An investigation of electron transport in argon in the presence of crossed electric and magnetic fields is carried out over a wide range of values of electric and magnetic field strengths. Values of mean energy, ionization ra te. drift velocity, and diffusion tensor are reported here. Two unexpected phenomena arise; for certain values of electric and magnetic field we find regions where the swarm mean energy decreases with increasing electric fiel ds for a fixed magnetic field and regions where swarm mean energy increases with increasing magnetic field for a fixed electric field.