COLLISIONAL-RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION AT LOW TEMPERATURES AND DENSITIES

Journal Article · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1964 · Proc. Phys. Soc. (London)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0370-1328/83/1/307· OSTI ID:4065880

Bates, D R; Kingston, A E

The collisional-radiative recombination coefficient in cool tenuous H- H/ sup +/-- e plasmas is calculated by a new approximate method. It is found that if the electron temperature T/sub e/ is low, collisional effects are important even when the electron density n(c) is small: thus if T/sub e/ is 25 deg K and n(c) is 1 x 10/sup 3/ cm/sup -3/, alpha is almost 1.5 x 10/sup -10/ cm/sup 3/ sec/sup -1/ which is about 7 times the radiative recombination coefficient. Other approximate methods are discussed. (auth)

• Research Organization: Queen's Univ., Belfast
• NSA Number: NSA-18-017184
• OSTI ID: 4065880
• Journal Information: Proc. Phys. Soc. (London), Journal Name: Proc. Phys. Soc. (London) Vol. Vol: 83
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

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