Influence of plasma density on radiative recombination cross sections of oxygen ions

Abstract

Abstract Radiative recombination cross sections of oxygen ions from O+ to O6+ are calculated by an atomic model assuming central field and Hartree–Fock–Slater approximation for exchange potential. The recombining ions are considered on their ground states, to form recombined ions on their ground states as well as on several subshells up to 4d. The effect of plasma density on the cross sections is taken into account by varying the Wigner–Seitz cell representing the atomic volume containing bound and free electrons. It is shown that the increase of plasma density significantly enhances the cross sections involving excited states of the recombined ions at atmospheric pressures and beyond. These cross sections may be used in collisional-radiative models for fully ionized plasma simulations in the frame work of, for example, switches in Marx generator and laser-induced plasmas in air.