Observation of luminescent spectra in low energy ion-neutral collisions. Progress report, June 1, 1978--May 31, 1979. [Summaries of research activities at Univ. , Missouri]

Technical Report · Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6060105· OSTI ID:6060105

Leventhal, J. J.

Recent experiments on energy transfer processes in atomic and molecular interactions are described. Of particular interest are the results of studies involving energetically excited atoms. Using laser excitation, collisions between excited sodium atoms were found to form both ionic and highly excited neutral products, neither of which is energetically possible unless both reactant atoms are excited. It is shown that energy from the laser beam is stored in sodium atoms and returned to the system in subsequent collisions between excited species.

• Research Organization: Missouri Univ., St. Louis (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-S-02-2718
• OSTI ID: 6060105
• Report Number(s): COO-2718-7; TRN: 79-012650
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ATOM COLLISIONS
ENERGY TRANSFER
ION-ATOM COLLISIONS
EXCITATION
MOLECULE COLLISIONS
SODIUM
ATOM-ATOM COLLISIONS
EMISSION SPECTRA
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GRAPHS
IONS
ISOLATED VALUES
LASERS
LUMINESCENCE
POTENTIAL ENERGY
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
ALKALI METALS
CHARGED PARTICLES
COLLISIONS
DATA
DATA FORMS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
INFORMATION
ION COLLISIONS
METALS
NUMERICAL DATA
SPECTRA
640304* - Atomic
Molecular & Chemical Physics- Collision Phenomena