Collisional Radiative Recombination in Hydrogen Plasmas and in Alkali Plasmas
- 1 January 1970
- journal article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 1 (1) , 166-176
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.1.166
Abstract
A simplified variational model for collision-dominated recombination of atomic ions is presented. The results are analytical formulas for electron-electron-ion recombination coefficients applicable to atomic systems whose outer electrons conform to one-electron energy-level structure. When combined with radiative transition probabilities, these results yield collisional-radiative recombination coefficients which are then compared with other theories and available experimental studies. In particular, fair agreement is found with Norcross and Stone's elaborate calculations for cesium recombination.Keywords
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