Use the Reduced Electric Fields () study and study step to sweep through a range of reduced electric fields and to compute electron transport properties and electron impact rate coefficients for a given reduced electric field. Specifying a range of values for the reduced electric field allows for these properties to be tabulated. This tabulated data can then potentially be used in a space-dependent plasma simulation. The reduced electric field is defined as the electric field divided by the background gas number density.

This study step is available with the Boltzmann Equation, Two-Term Approximation interface, which requires the Plasma Module. Except for the section below, see Frequency Domain for all settings. Also see the Plasma Module User’s Guide.

Specify the Reduced electric fields to use for the frequency sweep. Specify the frequencies to use for the frequency sweep. Select the unit to use from the Frequency unit list (default: Hz). Enter the reduced electric fields in the field using space-separated numbers or the range function.

Use the Load parameter values field to select a file with parameter values. You can browse your file system for files by clicking Browse. After selecting a file, click the Read File button to load the parameter values into the Reduced electric fields field.

For information about the Reuse solution from previous step list, see Reuse Solution from Previous Step List.