Electron-ion Recombination at Sub-zero Temperature

• Authors: S. Bhattacharyya , A. Roy
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this paper we have considered two-step radiative recombination channel over the existing spontaneous radiative recombination channel to explain the causes of experimentally obtained enhanced recombination rate at sub-zero temperature. The existing recombination rate due to spontaneous radiative recombination is 4 times smaller than the recent experimental data. In the case of Ne^{10+} we obtain good agreement between theory and experiment when contribution from two-step radiative recombination channel is added to the spontaneous radiative recombination channel. Recombination rate for Ar^{18+} is calculated. The radiation spectrum given out by two-step radiative recombination and spontaneous radiative recombination in the recombination rate processes are discrete spectrum and continuous spectrum, respectively. Experimental identification of these two channels through the spectral signatures is suggested.

Keywords

EN

32.70.Fw; 34.80.Kw

Discipline

• 32.70.Fw: Absolute and relative intensities

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 1999
• Volume: 95
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 911-920

Dates

published

1999-06

received

1998-11-06

Contributors

author

S. Bhattacharyya

• Gokhale Memorial Girls' College, Calcutta - 700 020, India

author

A. Roy

• Gokhale Memorial Girls' College, Calcutta - 700 020, India

Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.95.911