Influence of Electron Molecule Resonant Vibrational Collisions over the Symmetric Mode and Direct Excitation-Dissociation Cross Sections of CO2 on the Electron Energy Distribution Function and Dissociation Mechanisms in Cold Pure CO2 Plasmas
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- 作者：L.D. Pietanza ; G. Colonna ; V. Laporta ; R. Celiberto ; G. D’Ammando ; A. Laricchiuta ; M. Capitelli
- 刊名：Journal of Physical Chemistry A
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：May 5, 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：120
- 期：17
- 页码：2614-2628
- 全文大小：1076K
- 年卷期：0
- ISSN：1520-5215
文摘
A new set of electron-vibrational (e-V) processes linking the first 10 vibrational levels of the symmetric mode of CO2 is derived by using a decoupled vibrational model and inserted in the Boltzmann equation for the electron energy distribution function (eedf). The new eedf and dissociation rates are in satisfactory agreement with the corresponding ones obtained by using the e-V cross sections reported in the database of Hake and Phelps (H–P). Large differences are, on the contrary, found when the experimental dissociation cross sections of Cosby and Helm are inserted in the Boltzman equation. Comparison of the corresponding rates with those obtained by using the low-energy threshold energy, reported in the H–P database, shows differences up to orders of magnitude, which decrease with the increasing of the reduced electric field. In all cases, we show the importance of superelastic vibrational collisions in affecting eedf and dissociation rates either in the direct electron impact mechanism or in the pure vibrational mechanism.