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Parameters of elementary processes involving photons and atomic particles are evaluated. These processes include photoionization of atoms, and photorecombination of electrons and atomic ions, photodetachment of negative ions, and photorecombination of electrons and atoms, photodissociation of molecules. Photoprocesses involving highly excited atoms are analyzed. Bremsstrahlung results from collisions of electrons with atoms or ions in a weakly ionized gas. The character of emission of the solar photosphere is analyzed that consists of electron photoattachment to the hydrogen atom. The scheme of the detector of sub-millimeter radiation on the basis of highly excited atoms is described.
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Krainov, V., Smirnov, B.M. (2019). Elementary Radiative Processes. In: Atomic and Molecular Radiative Processes. Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, vol 108. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21955-0_5
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