Trapping and Lifetime of Charged Particles in the Geomagnetic Field (open access)

Trapping and Lifetime of Charged Particles in the Geomagnetic Field

The following report examines the trapping of charged particles, fast electrons especially, within the geomagnetic field.
Date: November 28, 1958
Creator: Christofilos, Nicholas C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
DURATION OF ATOMIC COLLISIONS. A NOTE ON RECOMBINATION RATE THEORY (open access)

DURATION OF ATOMIC COLLISIONS. A NOTE ON RECOMBINATION RATE THEORY

A mechanical treatment of atomic recombination reactions is developed for the case in which the reaction is considered to involve an intermediate excited molecule which is stabilized on collision with any third body. An explicit rate calculation is given for the reaction I + I + A yields I/sub 2/ + A Results are compared with those obtained by treating other models of recombination. The validity of the excited intermediate model and the role of electronic degeneracy are discussed. (auth)
Date: November 28, 1958
Creator: Bunker, D.L.
System: The UNT Digital Library