Charge Transfer in Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Nitric Oxide

Abstract

The cross sections for charge transfer in collisions of N2 and O2 with various atomic and molecular ions have been measured within the energy range 30 to 10 000 eV. Modulated-crossed-beam techniques were used and the relative cross sections so obtained were normalized with the aid of absolute measurements made by Stier and Barnett. Some measurements of charge transfer in NO are also reported.