Free-ion yield and electron-ion recombination rate in liquefied rare gases: the case of liquid krypton

✍ Scribed by A. Mozumder

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 367 KB
• Volume: 253
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0009-2614
• DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(96)00238-2

✦ Synopsis

Free-ion yield in liquid krypton has been calculated at low LET as a function of the extemal field according to a re-encounter theory recently proposed by the author. Comparison with experimental results reveals kr/k o ~-0.22 at 120 K, where k r is the specific rate of electron-ion recombination and k D is the corresponding Debye rate. Encounter reaction efficiency for electron-ion recombination is found to lie in the range 0.08-0.11, consistent with initial radial separation of thermalized electrons between 3000 and 6000 rim.