Formation of Na $5 s$ and Na $4 d$ in Na $3 p$ — Na $3 p$ energy-pooling collisions

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1 January 1982

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

Vol. 25 (1) , 570-571
https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.25.570

Abstract

We report our measurements of the rate constants for formation of Na

4 d

and Na

5 s

in Na

3 p

— Na

3 p

collisions. The magnitudes of these rate constants indicate that Na

4 d

and Na

5 s

are the preponderant excited atomic products formed; however, the rate constant for

3 p - 3 p

associative ionization, with product

{Na}_{2}^{+}

, is about one-hundred times greater.

Keywords

RATE CONSTANT

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