Motapon, O.;
Fifirig, M.;
Florescu, A.;
Waffeu Tamo, F. O.;
Crumeyrolle, O.;
Varin-Breant, G.;
Bultel, A.;
... Schneider, I. F.; + view all
(2006)
Reactive collisions between electrons and NO+ ions:
rate coefficient computations and relevance for the
air plasma kinetics.
Plasma Sources Science and Technology
, 15
(1)
23 -32.
10.1088/0963-0252/15/1/004.
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Abstract
Extensive calculations of the rate coefficients for dissociative recombination (DR), elastic collisions, inelastic collisions (ICs) and superelastic collisions of NO+ ions on initial vibrational levels, , with electrons of energy between 10-5 and 10 eV have been performed, with a method based on multichannel quantum defect theory. Comparisons of the DR rate coefficients with the plasma experimental results give a good agreement, confirming that the vibrationally excited NO+ ions recombine more slowly than those in the ground state. Also, our ground state IC rate coefficients are very similar to previously computed R-matrix data. The rate coefficients have been fitted to a modified Arrhenius law, and the corresponding parameters are given, in order to facilitate the use of the reaction data in kinetical plasma modelling.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Reactive collisions between electrons and NO+ ions: rate coefficient computations and relevance for the air plasma kinetics |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1088/0963-0252/15/1/004 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/15/1/004 |
| Language: | English |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/2236 |
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