Optical Emission of the Nuclear-Induced Plasmas of Gas Mixtures

Table 4

Rate constants for processes in Ar-Xe-(He) mixtures.

N	Process	Notation, units (cm^3s^−1, cm^6s^−1)	Rate coefficient	References
1t	Ar^+(1/2) + Xe + Ar → products; Ar^+(1/2) + Xe + Ar → Ar^+(1/2)Xe + Ar	𝐤𝟏𝟓 , 𝟏𝟎^−𝟑𝟏; 𝜌𝑘15	5.2; 0.16≤𝜌≤0.7; 𝜌∼1	[57]; [73]; *
2t	Ar^+(1/2) + 2Ar → products	𝑘16, 10^−33	0.72; 7 ± 2	[57]; *
3t	Ar^+(1/2) + 2Xe → products	𝑘17, 10^−32	3.4	[57]
4t	Ar^+(1/2)Xe → ArXe^+(3/2) + ℎ𝜈	𝝉 , ns	58	[73]
5t	Ar^+(1/2)Xe + Ar → products	𝑘18, 10^−11	3.2; <0.05	[73]; *
6t	Ar^+(1/2)Xe + Xe → products	𝑘19, 10^−12	<10; ~1	[73]; *
7t	Ar^+ + Xe → Xe^+ + Ar	𝑘20, 10^−13	9.8	[73]
8t	Ar^+(1/2)Xe + He → products	𝑘21, 10^−13	6 ± 2	*
9t	Ar^+(3/2) + 2Ar → products	𝑘22, 10^−31	3	[57, 63]

∗Data from [14].