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The response of a “Lorentz gas” to a pulsed a.c. electric field and its relaxation after the cessation of this field has been studied by solving the Boltzmann's transfer equation. Explicit expressions for the electron distribution function and the current density are obtained under the assumption that the collision frequency is independent of the electron velocity.
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Work partially supported by Environmental Science Services Administration, U.S.A.
The author is grateful to Prof. M. S.Sodha for suggesting the problem and for many stimulating discussions.
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Ghatak, A.K. Response of a Lorentzian gas to an a. c. pulse. Z. Physik 226, 454–462 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01395965
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01395965