Determination of the rate coefficient of the electron-impact excitation from the argon resonance states (1s2 and 1s4) to 2p states by the emission line ratio in an afterglow plasma

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, 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

2p states; argon; electron impact excitation; rate coefficients; resonance states

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; ELECTRONS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; IMPACT IONIZATION; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; RESONANCE;

2P STATES; CAPACITIVE DISCHARGES; ELECTRON-IMPACT EXCITATION; LINE-RATIO TECHNIQUES; MEASURED PARAMETERS; R-MATRIX CALCULATION; RATE COEFFICIENTS; RESONANCE STATE;

ARGON LASERS;

EID: 84927604806     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: 13616595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/24/2/025025     Document Type: Article

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