Kinetics of Electron-Ion Recombination in Irradiated Dielectric Liquids

FIGURE 7.7 Suppression of molecular hydrogen yield by scavenging of the hydrated electron. See text for explanation. Reproduced from Pimblott and Green, 1995, with permission of Elsevier . 

Stochastic kinetics requires details of individual particle reactions. It is computer-intensive and produces a huge volume of output. In this sense, it is overparameterized. However, stochastic kinetics can be made consistent with the statistics of energy deposition and reaction. 

Using deterministic kinetics, one can force-fit the time evolution of one species—for example, eh but then those of other yields (e.g., OH) will be inconsistent. Stochastic kinetics can predict the evolutions of radicals correctly and relate these to scavenging yields via Laplace transforms. 

5 KINETICS OF ELECTRON-ION RECOMBINATION IN IRRADIATED DIELECTRIC LIQUIDS3 

3The subject matter of this section is closely related to that of Sects. 9.2 and 9.3. It would be profitable to read these sections together. 

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