Dissociative recombination of N2+, O2 +, and NO+: Rate coefficients for ground state and vibrationally excited ions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A3, 2004, Pages

  Sheehan, Clint H ^a,b   St Maurice, J P ^b  

^a OUACHITA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aeronomy; Ionospheric chemistry; Ionospheric composition; Ions; Reaction rates; Recombination rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751282283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010132     Document Type: Article

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