Evidence for multiple scattering effects in the electron mobility in dense argon gas

Abstract

We report measurements of the electron drift mobility in dense argon gas over an extended range of densities, temperatures, and electric fields, supplementing our earlier work. The measurements confirm the validity of the heuristic model we previously developed by introducing multiple scattering effects into the classical kinetic theory description of the electron mobility in a dilute gas. We definitively show that, in argon gas, because of the particular energy dependence of its electron–atom momentum-transfer scattering cross section, none of the multiple scattering effects we have identified in the past can be neglected if the mobility behavior is to be accurately rationalized over the whole investigated parameter range.