Ionization of Atoms by Collision with Excited Atoms

1 June 1965

journal article
research article
Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics

Vol. 42 (11) , 3771-3775
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1695814

Abstract

Ionization of atoms by collisional transfer of electronic excitation energy, A^*+B→A+B⁺+e, is considered theoretically. A formula for the cross section is derived for the case where the transition A→A^* is optically allowed and the excitation energy of A^* is larger than the ionization potential of B, and is applied to several examples where A^* is He (2¹P).

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