Population of vibrational levels of carbon dioxide by cylindrical fast ionization wave

Dmitry Levko; Michael Pachuilo; Laxminarayan L. Raja

doi:10.1063/1.4997055

Population of vibrational levels of carbon dioxide by cylindrical fast ionization wave

Dmitry Levko, Michael Pachuilo, Laxminarayan L. Raja

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The population of vibrational levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) by a cylindrical fast ionization wave is analyzed using a one-dimensional Particle-in-Cell Monte Carlo collisions model. The model takes into account the inelastic electron-neutral collisions as well as the super-elastic collisions between electrons and excited species. We observe an efficient population of only the first two levels of the symmetric and asymmetric vibrational modes of CO2 by means of a fast ionization wave. The excitation of other higher vibrational modes by the fast ionization wave is inefficient. Additionally, we observe a strong influence of the secondary electron emission on the population of vibrational states of CO2. This effect is associated with the kinetics of high energy electrons generated in the cathode sheath.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	093513
Journal	Physics of Plasmas
Volume	24
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4997055
State	Published - Sep 8 2017
Externally published	Yes

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Acknowledgements: The research reported in this publication was supported by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.

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