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Transverse Ion Diffusion in Gases

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Transport properties of ions in gases (i.e. ion mobilities and diffusion coefficients) are of intrinsic, fundamental and applied interest /1/. On the one hand they can give information about the ion-neutral interaction potential; on the other hand they can be used to describe quantitatively the behavior of ions moving in a neutral buffer gas and related charge transport phenomena and are required together with ionization cross section data /2/ for a quantitative understanding of electrical discharges.

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Märk, E., Märk, T.D. (1984). Transverse Ion Diffusion in Gases. In: Lindinger, W., Märk, T.D., Howorka, F. (eds) Swarms of Ions and Electrons in Gases. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8773-9_5

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