Carbon monoxide dissociative attachment and resonant dissociation by electron-impact. (13th January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Laporta, V; Tennyson, J; Celiberto, R
• Is Part Of: Plasma sources science & technology. Volume 25:Number 1(2016:Feb.)
• Publication Date: 2016-01-13
• Subjects: carbon monoxide -- electron scattering -- plasma modeling -- dissociation -- dissociative electron attachment; Plasma (Ionized gases) -- Periodicals; 530.44
• DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/25/1/01LT04
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0963-0252

Abstract

Abstract: Low-energy dissociative electron attachment and resonant electron impact dissociation of CO molecule are considered. Ro-vibrationally resolved cross sections and rate coefficients for both the processes are calculated using an ab-initio model based on the low-lying resonance of CO − . Final results show that the cross sections increases very rapidly as a function of the ro-vibrational level; these cross sections should be useful for understanding kinetic dissociation of CO in strongly non-equilibrium plasmas.