https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap:2007159
An efficient method to determine the cross sections of charge exchange in ion-molecule collisions
Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, Katahira 2-1-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
Corresponding author: lizhu-tong@uyemura.co.jp
Received:
26
March
2007
Revised:
20
July
2007
Accepted:
5
September
2007
Published online:
13
December
2007
An efficient method was proposed to determine the cross sections of charge exchange in ion-molecule collisions. The cross sections for charge exchange were derived by comparing the calculated ion transport parameters with the measured data. The computational procedure was presented by obtaining the cross sections of charge exchange for NO+ and CO+ ions in NO and CO gases, respectively. The present method is usable for providing the accurate cross sections of charge exchange in ion-molecule collisions with the particle modeling of plasma discharges.
PACS: 52.20.Hv – Atomic, molecular, ion, and heavy-particle collisions / 52.65.Pp – Monte Carlo methods / 52.65.-y – Plasma simulation
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