Determination of the electron-impact transfer rate coefficients between the Ar(1s) states in an afterglow discharge

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 49, 2014, Pages

  Cheng, Zhi Wen ^a   Zhu, Xi Ming ^b   Liu, Fei Xiang ^a   Pu, Yi Kang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

1s states; Afterglow; Argon; Rate coefficients

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; ELECTRONS; PROBES;

1S STATES; AFTERGLOW; CAPACITIVE DISCHARGES; MEASURED PARAMETERS; META-STABLE STATE; MICROWAVE INTERFEROMETER; R-MATRIX CALCULATION; RATE COEFFICIENTS;

ARGON LASERS;

EID: 84911890068     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/47/49/495205     Document Type: Article

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