Thermalization of suprathermal N(4S) atoms in He and Ar gases

Molecular Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 1487-1496

  Zhang, P ^a   Kharchenko, V ^a   Dalgarno, A ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Boltzmann kernel; Elastic scattering; Thermalization

Indexed keywords

ARGON; BOLTZMANN EQUATION; EXPLOSIVES; HELIUM; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BOLTZMANN KERNEL; THERMALIZATION;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34848909806     PISSN: 00268976     EISSN: 13623028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00268970701210008     Document Type: Article

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