Theory of dissociative recombination

Journal Article · Thu Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982 · Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:5576778

Lisitsyn, V I; Rapoport, L P

An analytic expression is derived for the cross section for the dissociative recombination of an electron with a molecular ion. A Morse potential is adopted as the internuclear potential for both the electronic ground state of the molecular ion and the resonance state of the molecule. The recombination coefficient is found by taking the average of the dissociative-recombination cross section over a Maxwellian distribution. This yields the temperature dependence of the recombination coefficient alpha approx.T/sup -1/2/. The temperature dependence of the coefficient for the dissociative recombination e+NO+ is calculated as an example. The results agree well with experiment.

• Research Organization: Leninist Young Communist League State University, Voronezh
• OSTI ID: 5576778
• Journal Information: Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 8:4; ISSN SJPPD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

640304* -- Atomic
Molecular & Chemical Physics-- Collision Phenomena
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
COLLISIONS
CROSS SECTIONS
DISSOCIATION
ELECTRON COLLISIONS
ELECTRON-MOLECULE COLLISIONS
ENERGY LEVELS
EXCITED STATES
FUNCTIONS
HYPERGEOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
MOLECULE COLLISIONS
MORSE POTENTIAL
POTENTIALS
RECOMBINATION
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
VIBRATIONAL STATES