Plasma Reactors and Plasma Thrusters Modeling by Ar Complete Global Models

Table 3

List of the processes involving Ar I 3d levels.

No.	Process	Description
		Ionization
1	Ar(3d, p-m)* + e ^− → Ar^+ + 2 e ^−	from the 3d(p-m)
2	Ar(3d, t) + e ^− → Ar^+ + 2 e ^−	from the 3d(t)
		Excitation
3	Ar(GL) + e ^− → Ar(3d, p-m) + e ^−	GL→3d(p-m)
4	Ar(GL) + e ^− → Ar(3d, t) + e ^−	GL→3d(t)
5	Ar(4s, m) + e ^− → Ar(3d, p-m) + e ^−	4s(m)→3d(p-m)
6	Ar(4s, m) + e ^− → Ar(3d, t) + e ^−	4s(m)→3d(t)
7	Ar(4s, t) + e ^− → Ar(3d, p-m) + e ^−	4s(t)→3d(p-m)
8	Ar(4s, t) + e ^− → Ar(3d, t) + e ^−	4s(t)→3d(t)
9	Ar(4p) + e ^− → Ar(3d, p-m) + e ^−	4p→3d(p-m)
10	Ar(4p) + e ^− → Ar(3d, t) + e ^−	4p→3d(t)
11	Ar(3d, p-m) + e ^− → Ar(3d, t) + e ^−	3d(p-m)→3d(t)
		De-excitation
12	Ar(3d, t) + e ^− → Ar(3d, p-m) + e ^−	3d(t)→3d(p-m)
13	Ar(3d, t) + e ^− → Ar(4p) + e ^−	3d(t)→4p
14	Ar(3d, p-m) + e ^− → Ar(4p) + e ^−	3d(p-m)→4p
15	Ar(3d, t) + e ^− → Ar(4s, t) + e ^−	3d(t)→4s(t)
16	Ar(3d, p-m) + e ^− → Ar(4s, t) + e ^−	3d(p-m)→4s(t)
17	Ar(3d, t) + e ^− → Ar(4s, m) + e ^−	3d(t)→4s(m)
18	Ar(3d, p-m) + e ^− → Ar(4s, m) + e ^−	3d(p-m)→4s(m)
19	Ar(3d, t) + e ^− → Ar(GL) + e ^−	3d(t)→GL
20	Ar(3d, p-m) + e ^− → Ar(GL) + e ^−	3d(p-m)→GL
		Spontaneous emission
21	Ar(3d, t) → Ar(4p) + hν	3d(t)→4p
22	Ar(3d, p-m) → Ar(4p) + hν	3d(p-m)→4p
23	Ar(3d, t) → Ar(GL) + hν	3d(t)→GL
24	Ar(3d, p-m) → Ar(GL) + hν	3d(p-m)→GL
25	Ar(3d, p-m) + wall → Ar(GL)	3d(p-m) de-excitation on the wall
26	Ar(3d, t) + wall → Ar(GL)	3d(t) de-excitation on the wall

^*All 3d levels marked as (p-m) are in fact pseudometastable while all 4s,m are real metastable ones.