Laboratory Studies of Atomic Collision Processes

Abstract

This research program has dealt with atomic collision processes of interest for models of natural or man-made plasmas, such as electrical discharge devices, gas lasers, and atmospheric plasmas. Specific topics have included: (A) Electron-ion recombination of NO(+), O4(+) and N4(+) ions, preparation of data compilations on electron-ion recombination. (B) experimental measurements of rates of neutral-stabilized electron-ion recombination. (C) Experimental measurements of recombination of positive with negative ions. (D) Experimental and theoretical work on ion-atom and ion-molecule elastic and reactive collisions, and laser-induced charge-transfer reactions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 15, 1991
Accession Number
ADA244396

Entities

People

  • Rainer Johnsen

Organizations

  • University of Pittsburgh

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afterglows
  • Charge Transfer
  • Collisions
  • Electrons
  • Emission
  • Experimental Data
  • Gas Lasers
  • High Pressure
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Microwaves
  • Military Research
  • Molecules
  • New York
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics