Numéro
J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 40, Numéro C7, Juillet 1979
XIVe Conférence Internationale sur les Phénomènes d'Ionisation dans les Gaz / XIVth International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases
Page(s) C7-103 - C7-104
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:1979751
XIVe Conférence Internationale sur les Phénomènes d'Ionisation dans les Gaz / XIVth International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases

J. Phys. Colloques 40 (1979) C7-103-C7-104

DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:1979751

ON THE THREE-BODY ELECTRON ATTACHMENT TO OXYGEN IN THE PLASMA OF A NON-SELF-MAINTAINED DISCHARGE

A.N. Vasilieva, I.A. Grishina, V.I. Ktitorov, A.S. Kovalev et A.T. Rakhimov

Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, 117234, Moscow, U.S.S.R.


Abstract
The advance in the physics of lasers based on molecular gases excited by nonself-sustained discharges has made it essential to understand the elementary processes occurring in the plasma of such gases. In the working mixture of the CO2-lasers, one can often find the molecules of oxygen, which is one of the typical electronegative gases. Accordingly, one should know the constants of electron attachment to oxygen at discharge parameters characteristic of CO2 lasers, i.e., the E/P ratio ranging from 5 to 15 v/cm torr.