Excited Rare Gas Atoms by Molecules Containing Group IV elements

Deexcitation of Excited Rare Gas Atoms by Molecules Containing Group IV Elements 

The deexcitation cross-sections are dependent on electronic states of excited rare gas atoms and target molecules. They are compared in detail with related theoretical results to find some regularities of cross-section values in correlation with fimdamental parameters of target molecules, from which unknown cross-section values for any molecules can be estimated with enough accuracy. Availability of this estimation will be of great importance in finding new candidates of host molecules in reactive-plasma research. 

The excitation energies of He(2 S), He(2 s), and He(2 P) are much larger than the ionization potentials of CH4, SiH4 and GeH4, whereas those of the lowest 

Deexcitation Cross Sections of He(2 S) by CH4, SiH4 or GeH4 IN Comparison with the Respective Cross Sections FOR Products Formation (in Units of A ) 

Source (Yoshida et al., 1991 Yoshida et al, 1992b Bolden et al., 1970 Tsuji et al, 1989b). 

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