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Zipf 1980
Zipf, E.C. (1980). The dissociative recombination of vibrationally excited N2+ ions. Geophysical Research Letters 7: doi: 10.1029/GL007i009p00645. issn: 0094-8276.

The N2+ dissociative recombination coefficient is measured for the first time as a function of the internal vibrational quantum number, v', of the X2&Sgr;g+ ground state. In this plasma-spectroscopy experiment, laser-induced photofluorescence techniques are used to study the behavior of N2+ ions in specifically indentified vibrational and rotational quantum states. The specific dissociative recombination coefficients for the v'=0, 1, and 2 vibrational levels of the N2+(X2&Sgr;g+) state are found to be nearly equal in magnitude. The variation of the total N2+ dissociative recombination coefficent with electron and vibrational temperature is given by the expression &agr;(N2+)=2.2¿10-7 (300/Te)0.39 (Tv/300)&sgr;.04.

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