Research Article
Plasma Reactors and Plasma Thrusters Modeling by Ar Complete Global Models
Table 5
Inelastic processes involving Ar II species.
| No. | Process | Description |
| 1 | Ar+(GL) + e − → Ar++(GL) + 2 e − | Ar+ ionization | 2 | Ar+(GL) + e −↔ Ar+(4s, m) + e − | (De-)Excitation Ar II GL↔4s(m) | 3 | Ar+(GL) + e −↔ Ar+(4s, t) + e − | (De-)Excitation Ar II GL↔4s(t) | 4 | Ar+(GL) + e − → Ar+(3d) + e − | Excitation Ar II GL→3d | 5 | Ar+(GL) + e − → Ar+(4p) + e − | Excitation Ar II GL→4p | 6 | Ar+(GL) + e − → Ar+(4d) + e − | Excitation Ar II GL→4d | 7 | Ar+(4s, t) → Ar+(GL) + hν | Spontaneous emission from Ar II 4s(t) | 8 | Ar+(4s, m) → Ar+(GL) + hν | Spontaneous emission from Ar II 4s(m) | 9 | Ar+ + wall → Ar (GL) | Recombination on the wall, see text |
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