Monte Carlo simulation of electron thermalization in gases. IV. Subexcitation electrons in hard‐sphere and Maxwell model rare gases

The Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) of the thermalization of subexcitation electrons in rare gases is performed for both the hard‐sphere and Maxwell model gases. The MCS result for the mass ratio m/M≲0.01 is found to be in agreement within the statistical error with the rigorous solution of the Fokker–Planck equation; therefore the upper limit value of m/M=0.01 is sufficient for the MCS to be performed within a reasonable computation time.