Plasma Reactors and Plasma Thrusters Modeling by Ar Complete Global Models

Table 1

Structure description of the averaged states of Ar I included in the CGM.

Ionization energy (eV)		Excitation energy (eV)		Statistical weight
𝐸^I3p	15.76			𝑔3p	1.
𝐸^I4s,m	4.18	𝐸^X4s,m	11.58	𝑔4s,m	6.
𝐸^I4s,t	4.03	𝐸^X4s,t	11.73	𝑔4s,t	6.
𝐸^I4s	4.11	𝐸^X4s	11.65	𝑔4s	12.
𝐸^I4p	2.59	𝐸^X4p	13.17	𝑔4p	36.
𝐸^I3d,m	1.678	𝐸^X3d,m	14.082	𝑔3d,m	51.
𝐸^I3d,t	1.653	𝐸^X3d,t	14.107	𝑔3d,t	9.
𝐸^I5s,m	1.663	𝐸^X5s,m	14.097	𝑔5s,m	6.
𝐸^I5s,t	1.587	𝐸^X5s,t	14.173	𝑔5s,t	6.