The dissociative recombination of vibrationally excited N2+ ions
Author:
- Edward C. ZipfEZEdward C. Zipf
- 1 September 1980
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Geophysical Research Letters
- Vol. 7 (9) , 645-648
Abstract
The dissociative recombination coefficient is measured for the first time as a function of the internal vibrational quantum number, v′, of the ground state. In this plasma‐spectroscopy experiment, laser‐induced photofluorescence techniques are used to study the behavior of ions in specifically identified vibrational and rotational quantum states. The specific dissociative recombination coefficients for the v′=0, 1, and 2 vibrational levels of the state are found to be nearly equal in magnitude. The variation of the total dissociative recombination coefficient with electron and vibrational temperature is given by the expressionKeywords
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