Dujko, S., White, R.D., Robson, R.E., and Petrovic, Z.Lj. (2009) Boltzmann equation analysis of the off-diagonal elements of the diffusion tensor in electric and magnetic fields in gases. In: Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases. - . From: 29th International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases, 12-17 July 2009, Cancún, Mexico.

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Abstract

Off-diagonal elements of the diffusion tensor for electron swarms in gases under the influence of electric and magnetic fields crossed at arbitrary angle are calculated and investigated using a multi term theory for solving the spatially inhomogeneous Boltzmann equation. We focus on the way in which the off-diagonal elements are influenced by the synergism of magnetic field and nonconservative collisions. It is found that the off-diagonal elements of the diffusion tensor can have magnitudes of equivalent order to the diagonal elements suggesting consideration is required for their inclusion into prospective models of magnetized plasma discharges.

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