| NUKLEONIKA 2008, 53(3):123-126
TRANSIENT INDUCED MOLECULAR NEGATIVE IONS FORMED
IN COLD ELECTRON COLLISIONS WITH POLARIZED MOLECULES
Emil I. Toader, William G. Graham
1 University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, Box MG-11, 077125 Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
2 Queen’s University Belfast, Department of Physics, Belfast BT7 1 NN, Northern Ireland, UK
Using a relatively simple semiclassical model, it is shown that transient, induced molecular negative ions (TIMNI), are produced through a potential barrier interaction between cold electron collisions and polarizable molecules in plasma. Such new negative ions lead to radio-frequency absorption in such discharges. The calculated radio-frequency absorption frequencies are consistent with earlier experimental measurements.
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