Electron impact cross-sections and cooling rates for methane

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Nov 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992p%26ss...40.1535g&link_type=abstract

Planetary and Space Science (ISSN 0032-0633), vol. 40, no. 11, p. 1535-1544.

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Cooling, Electron Energy, Electron Impact, Energy Transfer, Methane, Scattering Cross Sections, Atmospheric Physics, Elementary Excitations, Planetary Atmospheres, Planetary Ionospheres, Satellite Atmospheres, Solar System

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Energy transfer between electrons and methane gas by collisional processes plays an important role in the thermal balance of electrons in the atmospheres and ionospheres of planets and satellites in the outer solar system. The literature is reviewed for electron impact cross-sections for methane in this paper. Energy transfer rates are calculated for elastic and inelastic processes using a Maxwellian electron distribution. Vibrational, rotational, and electronic excitation and ionization are included. Results are presented for a wide range of electron temperatures and neutral temperatures.

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