scholarly journals Theoretical Answers to Some Experimental Questions about Gaseous Ion Transport

1997 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 671 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry A. Viehland
Keyword(s):  
Electric Field ◽  
Ion Transport ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Diffusion Coefficients ◽  
Transport Coefficients ◽  
Resonant Scattering ◽  
Molecular Ions ◽  
Zero Field ◽  
Gas Temperature ◽  
Perpendicular Diffusion

It is shown that the diffusion coefficients parallel to the electric field in an ion swarm experiment are greater than the perpendicular diffusion coefficients at low values of E/N, the ratio of the electric field strength to the gas number density, but that at high E/N the two are approximately equal or the inequality is reversed. For electron swarms the inequalities are the reverse of those for ion swarms, unless there is a significant Ramsauer minimum in the momentum-transfer cross section. A second point is that for many ion–atom systems the zero-field mobility is not close to its polarisation limit even when the gas temperature is 4.35 K. It is also shown that the unusual mobilities observed for Ar+ ions in He gas at 4.35 K are not due to quantum-mechanical (resonant scattering) effects as postulated by the experimenters. Finally, it is shown that it is possible to compute gaseous ion transport coefficients for molecular ions from a knowledge of the fundamental interaction potentials rather than from assumed models for the cross sections.

Driftgeschwindigkeiten, Diffusionskoeffizienten und Temperaturen von Photoionen in Argon, Stickstoff und Sauerstoff / Drift velocities, diffusion coefficients and temperatures of photo-ions in argon, nitrogen and oxygen

1972 ◽  
Vol 27 (7) ◽  
pp. 1127-1135
Author(s):  
Peter Warneck
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Ground State ◽  
Diffusion Coefficients ◽  
Drift Chamber ◽  
Drift Region ◽  
Gas Temperature ◽  
Oxygen Ions ◽  
Argon Ions ◽  
High Fields ◽  
And Diffusion

Abstract Groups of ions were produced by photoionisation of argon, nitrogen and oxygen in a drift chamber, using as the light source a repetitive spark discharge in combination with a uv monochromator. After their traversal of the drift region, the ions were detected in a mass spectrometer. An analysis of the temporal arrival profiles provided ionic drift velocities and diffusion coefficients as a function of gas pressure and electric field. For ions in their electronic and vibrational ground states, the measured drift velocities are in accord with previous data in the literature. At some wave lengths excited ions are produced in addition to ground state ions. Their drift velocities are larger on account of smaller charge transfer cross sections. Drift velocities and diffusion coefficients pro-vide ion temperatures as a function of the reduced field strength. Ion temperatures for argon ions correspond to the gas temperature. For nitrogen and oxygen ions the temperatures increase linearly with E/P and extrapolate at high fields to those given by Wannier's theory

Rotational de-excitations of C3H+ (1Σ+) by collision with He: new ab initio potential energy surface and scattering calculations

2020 ◽  
Vol 494 (4) ◽  
pp. 5675-5681 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanchit Chhabra ◽  
T J Dhilip Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Potential Energy ◽  
Potential Energy Surface ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Energy Surface ◽  
Molecular Ions ◽  
Basis Set ◽  
Rate Coefficients ◽  
Close Coupling ◽  
Collisional Rate Coefficients

ABSTRACT Molecular ions play an important role in the astrochemistry of interstellar and circumstellar media. C3H+ has been identified in the interstellar medium recently. A new potential energy surface of the C3H+–He van der Waals complex is computed using the ab initio explicitly correlated coupled cluster with the single, double and perturbative triple excitation [CCSD(T)-F12] method and the augmented correlation consistent polarized valence triple zeta (aug-cc-pVTZ) basis set. The potential presents a well of 174.6 cm−1 in linear geometry towards the H end. Calculations of pure rotational excitation cross-sections of C3H+ by He are carried out using the exact quantum mechanical close-coupling approach. Cross-sections for transitions among the rotational levels of C3H+ are computed for energies up to 600 cm−1. The cross-sections are used to obtain the collisional rate coefficients for temperatures T ≤ 100 K. Along with laboratory experiments, the results obtained in this work may be very useful for astrophysical applications to understand hydrocarbon chemistry.

scholarly journals Exploring the Partonic Phase at Finite Chemical Potential in and out-of Equilibrium

Particles ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 178-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Soloveva ◽  
P. Moreau ◽  
L. Oliva ◽  
V. Voronyuk ◽  
V. Kireyeu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Chemical Potential ◽  
Transport Coefficients ◽  
Gluon Plasma ◽  
Entropy Density ◽  
Baryon Chemical Potential ◽  
Equilibrium Study ◽  
200 Gev ◽  
Quasiparticle Model ◽  
Scattering Cross Sections

We study the influence of the baryon chemical potential μ B on the properties of the Quark–Gluon–Plasma (QGP) in and out-of equilibrium. The description of the QGP in equilibrium is based on the effective propagators and couplings from the Dynamical QuasiParticle Model (DQPM) that is matched to reproduce the equation-of-state of the partonic system above the deconfinement temperature T c from lattice Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). We study the transport coefficients such as the ratio of shear viscosity η and bulk viscosity ζ over entropy density s, i.e., η / s and ζ / s in the ( T , μ ) plane and compare to other model results available at μ B = 0 . The out-of equilibrium study of the QGP is performed within the Parton–Hadron–String Dynamics (PHSD) transport approach extended in the partonic sector by explicitly calculating the total and differential partonic scattering cross sections based on the DQPM and the evaluated at actual temperature T and baryon chemical potential μ B in each individual space-time cell where partonic scattering takes place. The traces of their μ B dependences are investigated in different observables for symmetric Au + Au and asymmetric Cu + Au collisions such as rapidity and m T -distributions and directed and elliptic flow coefficients v 1 , v 2 in the energy range 7.7 GeV ≤ s N N ≤ 200 GeV.

Disorientation of Cs(62P1/2) atoms, induced in collisions with noble gases

1976 ◽  
Vol 54 (7) ◽  
pp. 748-752 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Niewitecka ◽  
L. Krause
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Noble Gas ◽  
Zero Magnetic Field ◽  
Zero Field ◽  
Buffer Gas ◽  
Resonance Fluorescence ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Low Field ◽  
Good Agreement ◽  
Gas Pressures

The disorientation of 62P1/2 cesium atoms, induced in collisions with noble gas atoms in their ground states, was systematically investigated by monitoring the depolarization of cesium resonance fluorescence in relation to noble gas pressures. The Cs atoms, contained together with a buffer gas in a fluorescence cell and located in zero magnetic field, were excited and oriented by irradiation with circularly polarized 8943 Å resonance radiation, and the resonance fluorescence, emitted in an approximately backward direction, was analyzed with respect to circular polarization. The experiments yielded the following disorientation cross sections which have been corrected for the effects of nuclear spin: Cs–He: 4.9 ± 0.7 Å2; Cs–Ne: 2.1 ± 0.3 Å2; Cs–Ar: 5.6 ± 0.8 Å2; Cs–Kr: 5.8 ± 0.9 Å2; Cs–Xe: 6.3 ± 0.9 Å2. The results are in good agreement with most of the available zero-field and low-field data.

Dissociation Dynamics of Molecular Ions in High dc Electric Field

2016 ◽  
Vol 120 (20) ◽  
pp. 3654-3662 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Blum ◽  
Lorenzo Rigutti ◽  
François Vurpillot ◽  
Angela Vella ◽  
Aurore Gaillard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electric Field ◽  
Molecular Ions ◽  
Dissociation Dynamics ◽  
Dc Electric Field
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