Changes in effective charge-exchange cross sections in a plasma
Abramov V. A., Lisitsa V. S., Pigarov A. Yu.
The effective cross sections for the charge exchange of protons and multiply charged ions with hydrogen atoms in a plasma are calculated. The presence of excited atoms is taken into account. For typical plasma properties, these effective cross sections may exceed by an order of magnitude or more the values ordinarily used for the charge exchange of ground-state atoms.