Monte Carlo simulation of electron transport behavior in liquid argon

Author

Sakai, Yoshiki ; Sukegawa, K. ; Nakamura, S. ; Tagashira, H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan

Volume

23

Issue

4

fYear

1988

fDate

8/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

609

Lastpage

614

Abstract

Electron transport behaviour in liquid argon is studied using a Monte Carlo method in which the differential cross section defined by Van Hove (1954) for the interaction of an electron with liquid atoms was considered instead of two mean free paths, Lambda ₁ and Lambda ₀ of Cohen and Lekner (1967). The drift velocity and the mean energy of electrons for the field strengths between 10³ and 10⁴ V/cm were in good agreement with those obtained by using the Cohen-Lekner equation. The ratio of the injected electrons from a cathode into the liquid to those into vacuum agreed reasonably well with experimental values.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; argon; carrier mobility; high field effects; Cohen-Lekner equation; Monte Carlo simulation; Van Hove differential cross section; electron drift velocity; electron mean energy; electron transport; injected electrons; liquid atom electron interaction; Argon; Cathodes; Differential equations; Electron mobility; Energy exchange; Estimation theory; Interference; Liquids; Particle scattering; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electrical Insulation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9367

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/14.7333

Filename

7333