Measurement of Thermal-Energy Charge-Transfer Rate Coefficient of Mo6+ and Argon

Authors

Victor H.S. Kwong, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Z. Fang, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Yingtao Jiang, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
T. T. Gibbons, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
L. D. Gardner, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for AstrophysicsFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-1992

Publication Title

Physical Review A

Volume

46

Issue

1

First page number:

201

Last page number:

205

Abstract

The charge-transfer rate coefficient of Mo6+ and argon has been measured at mean ion energies of 8.8 and 1.4 eV using a laser-ablation ion source and an ion trap. The rate coefficient deduced from these measurements is 1.02(0.10)×10-10 cm3 s-1 and appears to be independent of the mean ion energy at this energy range. However, the measured value is an order of magnitude smaller than the Langevin rate coefficient.

Keywords

Charge exchange; Charge transfer; Electron-atom collisions—Measurement; Molybdenum ions; Trapped ions

Disciplines

Electrical and Computer Engineering | Heat Transfer, Combustion

Language

English

Permissions

Copyright American Physical Society. Used with permission.

Repository Citation

Kwong, V. H., Fang, Z., Jiang, Y., Gibbons, T. T., Gardner, L. D. (1992). Measurement of Thermal-Energy Charge-Transfer Rate Coefficient of Mo6+ and Argon. Physical Review A, 46(1), 201-205.
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