Local balance of electron energy gain and loss in SST condition

AbstractSpatially resolved steady state (SST) transport properties of electrons in Ne including the electron flux and the energy flow under a high reduced electric field E/N of 300 Td are investigated with the numerical data obtained by SST‐FTI method. It is confirmed that the local net energy gain is always the same as the sum of the local energy loss and the divergence of energy flow. That is, the local conservation of energy and the continuity of energy flow are both explicitly verified. The features of SST and PT (pulsed Townsend) transport properties in conservative and nonconservative conditions for the electron number are also discussed. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 140(4): 1–8, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/eej.10000