Elementary process rate constants in excitation of zinc sulfide luminescence by hydrogen atoms

Elementary process rate constants are determined for excitation of zinc sulfide-based luminophores by a mixture of atomic and molecular hydrogen, together with conditions for development of self-oscillation of the luminescence intensity. A model is constructed for a hydrogen atom absorption center on the zinc sulfide surface.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 4, pp. 15–21, April, 1990.The author thanks A. A. Grosberg for his assistance in the study.