Excited-state production in collisions of H and He with $N_{2}$ , CO, and $O_{2}$ over the energy range 150-2400 eV

1 January 1978

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A

Vol. 17 (1), 80-89
https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.17.80

Abstract

Spectroscopic analysis of optical emissions resulting from collisions between diatomic molecules (

N_{2}

, CO,

O_{2}

) and hydrogen or helium atoms has been performed over the kinetic energy range ∼150-2400 eV. The data yield product vibronic-state distributions from collision-induced excitation, impact ionization, and excitation transfer processes. For most of the processes observed spin is conserved. It was found that vibrational-state distributions of excited electronic product molecular ions were not in accord with those predicted from a simple vertical transition model. Excited neutral molecules, on the other hand, exhibited state distributions that could be characterized by this model.

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Excited-state production in collisions of H and He withN2, CO, andO2over the energy range 150-2400 eV

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Excited-state production in collisions of H and He with $N_{2}$ , CO, and $O_{2}$ over the energy range 150-2400 eV