Abstract
Much of the behavior of low temperature plasmas, including ionization equilibrium, particle and energy transport, and radiation loss, is directly related to elementary collisional and radiative processes of atoms and molecules within the plasma. The sophisticated models currently used to address issues such as particle and energy transport and power loss in plasmas include a very large number of collisional processes, which need to be known over a wide range of plasma parameters. Due to the presence of molecules and negative ions, the requisite atomic physics information needed is often extensive, even if the plasma contains only hydrogen. Thus, a prerequisite for the study of such plasmas is a survey of the basic characteristics of these processes including cross sections (σ’s), reaction rate coefficients (σv’s), radiative rates, and energy transfer.
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Janev, R.K., Langer, W.D., Post, D.E., Evans, K. (1987). Introduction. In: Elementary Processes in Hydrogen-Helium Plasmas. Springer Series on Atoms+Plasmas, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71935-6_1
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