Molecular Processes in Plasmas [electronic resource] : Collisions of Charged Particles with Molecules /
Itikawa, Yukikazu.author.
Molecular Processes in Plasmas describes elementary collision processes in plasmas, particularly those involving molecules or molecular ions. Those collision processes (called molecular processes) maintain plasmas, produce reactive species and emissions, and play a key role in energy balance in plasmas or more specifically in determining the energy distribution of plasma particles. Many books on plasma physics mention the elementary processes, but normally rather briefly. They only touch upon the general feature or fundamental concept of the collision processes. On the other hand, there are many books on atomic and molecular physics, but most of them are too general or too detailed to be useful to people in the application fields. The present book enumerates all the possible processes in the collisions of electrons, as well as ions, with molecules. For each process, a compact but informative description of its characteristics is given together with illustrative examples. Since the author has much experience as a practitioner in the field of atomic and molecular physics, the description is based on a thorough and up-to-date knowledge of the processes.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-192) and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Plasmas Involving Molecules -- 3. Collision Cross Sections and Related Quantities -- 4. Molecule as a Collision Partner -- 5. Electron Collisions with Molecules -- 6. Ion Collisions with Molecules -- 7. Electron Collisions with Molecular Ions -- 8. Summary of the Roles of the Molecular Processes in Plasmas -- A. Order of Magnitude of Macroscopic Quantities -- B. Molecular Properties -- C. Atomic Units and Evaluation of the Born Cross Section -- D. Cross Section Sets for H2, N2, H2O, and CO2 -- E. How to Find Cross Section Data -- F. Data Compilations for Electron-Molecule Collisions -- G. Data Compilations for Ion-Molecule Relations and Related Processes.
Molecular Processes in Plasmas describes elementary collision processes in plasmas, particularly those involving molecules or molecular ions. Those collision processes (called molecular processes) maintain plasmas, produce reactive species and emissions, and play a key role in energy balance in plasmas or more specifically in determining the energy distribution of plasma particles. Many books on plasma physics mention the elementary processes, but normally rather briefly. They only touch upon the general feature or fundamental concept of the collision processes. On the other hand, there are many books on atomic and molecular physics, but most of them are too general or too detailed to be useful to people in the application fields. The present book enumerates all the possible processes in the collisions of electrons, as well as ions, with molecules. For each process, a compact but informative description of its characteristics is given together with illustrative examples. Since the author has much experience as a practitioner in the field of atomic and molecular physics, the description is based on a thorough and up-to-date knowledge of the processes.
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