Experimental verification of a zero-dimensional model of the kinetics of XeCl* discharges by XeCl*(B)-, XeCl*(C)-, and Xe2Cl*-density measurements

Absolutely calibrated emission spectroscopy has been used to determine the particle number densities of XeCl^*(B), XeCl^*(C), and Xe₂Cl^* in a small scale Ne/Xe/HCl discharge with well-defined current and voltage pulses for a wide range of parameters. The measured particle number densities could be reproduced quite well by numerical model calculations using the rate-coefficient values of Quiñones et al. [1] for the quenching of XeCl^*(B,C) by Ne, Xe, and 2Xe, but 3.0 × 10^–31 cm⁶/s for the formation of Xe₂Cl^* by (Ne + Xe)-quenching. For the electron quenching, we recommend a rate coefficient value of 3.2 × 10^–8 cm³/s. From the equilibrium ratio of the particle number densities of XeCl^*(C) and XeCl^*(B), the energy separation between these states has been estimated to be 72 ± 33 cm^–1 with the B state placed above the C state.     

Verification of a XeCl* laser model by measurement of the plasma conductivity

Measurements of current, voltage, and laser emission of an X-ray preionized selfsustained XeCl^* laser discharge using Ne:Xe:HCl gas mixtures are compared with predictions of spatially homogeneous model calculations. As a prerequisite an accurate and detailed model of the electrical circuit is developed. For current and voltage measurements electro-optical methods are used. Corrections to the measurements and the reliability of the final data are discussed in detail. Using collision cross sections from the recent literature and stepwise vibrational excitation of HCl up tov=3 reproduces the electrical conductivities measured in a large field of parameters. The reliability and numerical stability of the model calculations depend on the way in which the e-HCl collision terms of the Boltzmann equation and the e-HCl collision rates are evaluated. The predicted total laser pulse energies are too small, but the shape and timing of the pulse correspond to the experimental values.     

Spectroscopic investigation of the ionization kinetics in XeCl laser discharges by Xe* density measurements

Time and spatially resolved absorption measurements of Xe^* particle number densities performed at an X-ray preionized self-sustained XeCl^*-laser discharge were used to investigate the reaction kinetics of such discharges and to test the validity of the commonly-made assumption that they are fit well by spatially homogeneous numerical models. It turned out that the Xe^* density distribution over the discharge cross section remains homogeneous for less than 100 ns only. Comparing the experimental results of the homogeneous discharge phase with zero-dimensional model calculations, we conclude that induced emission modeled using two excited xenon levels must be taken into account for the quantitative interpretation of the absorption measurements. For the interpretation of the Xe 6s-6p absorption measurements even a multilevel model will be necessary. Further we conclude from the relative courses and the absolute values of the Xe^* particle number densities that realistic HCl kinetics should contain three vibrationally excited levels and stepwise excitation processes as proposed by Dem'yanov et al. [8].     

双电荷离子He2+与Ne,Ar原子碰撞中的激发态

实验用光学多道分析系统(OMA)测量了He²⁺和Ne,Ar碰撞过程中的发射光谱,结果表明,这些碰撞体系存在着三种激发过程:双电子俘获激发过程、单电子俘获激发过程和直接激发过程。给出了HeI,HeII,NeI,NeII和ArI,ArII谱线的发射截面,并对He²⁺+Ne和He²⁺+Ar两个碰撞体系的发射截面作了一些比较,发现在入射离子速度相同的情况下,后者的发射截面要比前者大得多,并对此进行了定性讨论。OMA的光谱波长范围为200—800nm。入射离子He²⁺的能量范围为140—340keV。 关键词：     

Collisional and radiative processes with participation of highly excited states of atoms and molecules

A number of processes in which highly excited states of atoms and molecules participate are investigated. These processes are of interest for the kinetics of a low-temperature plasma, for atomic and molecular spectroscopy, and for astrophysics. A quasiclassical theory is developed for transitions between Rydberg states with change of the principal quantum number, and also for the processes of direct and associative ionization of highly excited atoms, which result from collisions between a neutral particle and its atomic core. The state of the inner electrons of a quasimolecular (molecular) ion is not altered by transitions of the outer electrons. Specific calculations are carried out for the case of the collision of hydrogen H(n) with helium He (1s²) atoms. It is shown that the cross sections and the rate constants of these processes are determined in this case by the mechanism investigated in the paper, and not by scattering of the Rydberg electron by the neutral particle. The cross sections for dipole excitation and dissociation of molecular ions from high vibrational energy levels by electron impact is calculated in the Born-Coulomb approximation. The cross sections and the rates of dissociative and three-particle attachment of electrons to ions are determined. The processes of autoionization and autodissociation decay of Rydberg states of vibrationally excited molecules are determined. Also investigated are radiative transitions near the dissociation limit of diatomic molecular ions and neutral molecules, viz., photodissociation and radiative decay of high vibrational levels, and photodissociation and translational (inverse-bremsstrahlung) absorption in collision of atomic particles.Translated from Trudy Ordena Lenina Fizicheskogo Instituta im. P. Lebedeva AN SSSR, Vol. 145, pp. 80–130, 1984.     

Absolutbestimmung der Gesamtanregungsquerschnitte der Edelgase durch Elektronenstoß

With an improved Maier-Leibnitz collision chamber absolute values of the total excitation cross sections of the rare gases were measured. The half width of energy distribution in the beam of exciting electrons was approximately 0.7 eV. The results for He and Ne are in reasonable agreement with the excitation functions given by Maier-Leibnitz, if some necessary corrections (especially with regard to contact potentials) are made. Only the cross sections obtained by us are a little smaller. Furthermore the better fine structure yielded more favourable possibilities of comparison with other measurements published so far. The error should not be greater than 30%.     

The influence of isotope substitution of neon atom on the integral cross sections of rotational excitation in Ne-Na2 collisions

This paper applies the multiple ellipsoid model to the 16 Ne (20 Ne,28 Ne,34 Ne)-Na 2 collision systems,and calculates integral cross sections for rotational excitation at the incident energy of 190 meV.It can be seen that the accuracy of the integral cross sections can be improved by increasing the number of equipotential ellipsoid surfaces.Moreover,by analysing the differences of these integral cross sections,it obtains the change rules of the integral cross sections with the increase of rotational angular quantum number J,and with the change of the mass of isotope substitution neon atom.Finally,the contribution of different regions of the potential to inelastic cross sections for 20 Ne-Na 2 collision system is investigated at relative incident energy of 190 meV.     

Investigation About Stepwise Excitation Cross Sections in Rare Gases

Stepwise excitation cross sections of the rare gases helium, neon and argon were obtained by an indirect method resting on the combination of experimentally determined excited species number densities of the rare gas atoms in the positive column of a low pressure glow discharge with the results of the theory of the positive column and electron kinetics. Furthermore a semiempirical expression of the excitation functions basing on the analysis of the Born-approximation and modifications as well as a formula of Vainstein is offered.     

惰性气体氦、氖、氩原子与氢(氘、氚)分子碰撞截面的理论计算

原子分子相互作用在许多物理过程中都十分重要.原子分子碰撞过程中转动激发截面的研究是确定原子与分子间相互作用的理想方法,许多理论和实验工作者在这方面做了大量工作,并得到理论和实验数据.本文用密耦近似计算了惰性气体He、Ne、Kr与h2、D2、T2碰撞的弹性和转动激发截面,原子入射能量分别为0.05 eV、0.15eV、0.20eV和0.25eV.     

Spectroscopic Mapping of the Nonequilibrium between Electron and Excitation Temperatures in a 1 ATM Helium ARC

The thermostatic states of a 100 amp, 1.016 bar, free-burning helium short arc with a 10 mm electrode gap are mapped from spectroscopic measurements at eight cross sections. The theoretical model used is a multifluids model extended to consider nonequilibrium between electron and excitation temperatures, as well as simple nonequilibrium among excited electronic levels. Seven helium lines are used to determine population densities and upper level excitation temperatures. The electron density is calculated from continuum intensity measurements at C4690. Electron temperatures are found from an astrophysical method suggested by Athay and Menzel. The effective total excitation temperature is obtained by iteration using the multifluids model. The results indicate total excitation temperature values close to the usually calculated "LTE" temperatures, but electron temperatures up to three times larger than the total excitation temperature on the arc centerline near the electrodes. The ratio is approximately 1.5 in the middle of the arc. The heavy particle kinetic temperatures appear to follow the electron temperature, except near the anode, where they drop to values smaller than the total excitation temperatures.     

氮分子离子N+2和氮原子离子N+与Ne原子碰撞激发的比较

用发射光谱法研究了同种元素氮的分子离子N⁺₂和原子离子N⁺与Ｎｅ原子碰撞产生的激发态，获得了靶激发、入射分子离子的分解激发、入射原子离子的激发以及两种离子与靶之间的电荷转移激发等信息．计算了各发射谱线的发射截面．对两种离子引起的谱线发射截面的差异进行了分析，得出一些初步结论，并对此作了些定性解释     

Absolute Electron Impact Cross Sections for Single Ionization of Metastable Atoms of H,He, Ne,Ar, Kr,Xe and Rn

Cross sections for single ionization of metastable atoms of H, He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe and Rn by electrons with impact energy E (threshold < E < 200 eV) are determined using a recently developed semiclassical formula. The formula consists of an energy dependent term (classical binary encounter approximation) and a term containing the weighted sum of the squared radii of maximum charge density of the outer electron subshells (Born Bethe approximation). Although this formula was originally devised and applied for ground state atoms, a comparison of the present calculations with previous calculations and measurements indicates that this formula can also be used successfully in case of metastable atoms.     

Excitation of He+ in a hollow cathode arc discharge

Population densities of the excited He(II) levels i=4 to i=10 in hollow cathode arc discharge have been determined and compared with those calculated from a collisional-radiative model. In the experiment the electron temperature was about 2x10⁵K and the electron density about 3x10¹⁹ m^-3. The observed population densities agree within 50% with those calculated by Drawin and Emard, but differ by a factor 4–6 from the ones found by McWhirter and Hearn. The results of the present experiment suggest that near the threshold energies the cross sections for electronic excitation of He⁺ levels from the He⁺ ground state are half those expected from the calculations of Burgess. We conclude that Drawin and Emard's calculations should preferably be employed for the determination of the electron density and the electron temperature from observed population densities.     

He+离子和Ne原子碰撞过程中激发态的研究

在He⁺离子和Ne原子碰撞过程中,我们发现两种碰撞激发过程,一种是电子俘获激发过程,另一种是直接激发过程。本实验用光学多道分析系统(OMA)对这些过程进行了光学测量,给出了发射截面数据。入射离子实验室能量范围为70—150keV。 关键词：     

电子与H2+离子碰撞中的巴耳末α,β发射

对电子与H₂⁺离子碰撞过程中所产生的激发态进行了实验研究,测得巴耳末α,β发射光谱,研究了激发截面随能量变化的依赖关系,并定性讨论了分解复合机制。 关键词：     

Coincidence studies with polarisation analysis of the photon emission induced inK-inert gas collisions

The linear and circular polarisations of theK(4² P→4² S) transition detected in delayed coincidence with the inelastically scattered potassium atom are presented forK- He, Ne, Ar, Kr and Xe. For all systems the Stokes vector measurements have been performed as a function of the potassium scattering angle at a beam energy of 10³ eV. The coherence properties of the excitation process are studied with the help of the measured degree of polarisation. For He, Ne and Xe the excitation amplitudes (e.g. the parametersλ andχ) are deduced from the measured Stokes vector. For Ar and Kr the collisionally excited state is not a pure state, and it is concluded that both single excitation of theK atom and simultaneous excitation of both collision partners contribute toK(4² P) excitation. The results are compared with the predictions of the semiclassical treatment of the excitation process.     

组态相互作用和Breit相互作用对类氖离子2p-3s碰撞激发特性的影响

基于全相对论扭曲波(RDW)电子碰撞激发计算程序REIE06,系统计算了类氖Fe~(16+)、Xe~(44+)和U~(82+)离子基态1s~22s~22p~(61)S_0到激发态1s~22s~22p~53s精细结构能级的碰撞强度,详细研究了组态相互作用和Breit相互作用对碰撞强度的影响,总结了一些有意义的结论 .在目前计算中,由于细致考虑了组态相互作用和Breit相互作用,其部分结果与已有的理论结果进行比较,对实验值的相对误差较小.     

Dynamical treatment of binding,polarization and recoil in asymmetric ion-atom collisions

The cross sections for quenching the lowestn ² P states of the alkali atoms Li, Na, K., and Rb by the inert gases He, Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe are presented for 5 eV≦E _c.m.≦ 100 eV. These cross sections are derived from the corresponding cross sections for collisional excitation by applying the principle of microreversibility. Upper estimates for the quenching cross sections at thermal energies are given; in all studied cases the quenching cross sections are <8·10^?3Ų. These new upper limits are in most cases much lower than those obtained from other methods previously.     

Effect of the structure of the singly charged ion on the cross section for electron capture

The calculations of the cross section for single-electron capture by fast ions are carried out in the Oppenheimer-Brinkman-Kramers approximation. The dependences of the experimental and calculated cross sections for single-electron capture by fast singly charged ions on the collision energy coincide. This makes it possible to estimate the cross section for electron capture in the case of ion-atom collisions if experimental data are absent. The results of calculations for projectiles with filled s-type subshells show that the contribution of electron capture channels to the excited state of the scattered particle depends on the collision energy.