ATOMIC COLLISION PROCESSES RELATING TO THE IONOSPHERE

Abstract

The report consists of a summary of the more important results obtained and a set of abstracts of the technical reports published under the contract. The published results include the experimental discovery of resonances in the elastic scattering cross sections of atoms and molecules, studies of the role of resonances in the determination of vibrational and electronic excitation cross sections and of cross sections for negative ion formation, and determinations of elastic and inelastic scattering cross sections for electrons in various gases such as N2, O2, CO2, and H2O. Recent unpublished results concerned with electron attachment in O3 and N2O and with the development of a new technique for the measurement of inelastic scattering cross sections are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 20, 1968
Accession Number
AD0675287

Entities

People

  • Arthur V. Phelps
  • P. J. Chantry

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boltzmann Equation
  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Diffusion Coefficient
  • Distribution Functions
  • Elastic Scattering
  • Electric Fields
  • Equations
  • Experimental Data
  • High Pressure
  • High Temperature
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Mass Spectrometers
  • Measurement
  • Momentum
  • Scattering
  • Scattering Cross Sections

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Plasma Physics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics