@article {2995,
	title = {RELAXATION DYNAMICS OF HOT PROTONS IN A THERMAL BATH OF ATOMIC-HYDROGEN},
	journal = {Physical Review E},
	volume = {49},
	number = {1},
	year = {1994},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: MV514Times Cited: 10Cited Reference Count: 58},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {347-358},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {We present a rigorous kinetic theory formulation of the relaxation of hot protons (H+) in a bath of thermal atomic hydrogen (H). We apply the (well-known) quantum-mechanical scattering theory to (H+,H) collisions and calculate the differential elastic cross section as a function of collision energy and scattering angle. This calculation includes the effects Of both direct and charge-exchange scattering. We then solve the time-dependent Boltzmann equation numerically for the H+ distribution function with an initial delta-function distribution. We also consider two approximate models for the collision dynamics, each based on the assumption that charge exchange dominates the relaxation and that no momentum is transferred in a collision (the linear-trajectory approximation). The first model uses the Rapp-Francis [J. Chem. Phys. 37, 2631 (1962)] energy-dependent cross section in the exact kernel which defines the Boltzmann collision operator. The second model uses a hard-sphere cross section in an approximate collision kernel. We compare the relaxation behavior calculated with the approximate formulations with the exact solution. We also calculate the mobility of H+ in H and compare the exact and-approximate; formulations. This study has applications to processes in astrophysics and aeronomy such as the non-thermal escape of H from planetary atmospheres.},
	keywords = {CHARGE-EXCHANGE, COLLISION KERNELS, EIGENVALUES, ENERGIES, equation, ESCAPE, EXOSPHERE, TRANSPORT, VENUS},
	isbn = {1063-651X},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://A1994MV51400048},
	author = {Clarke, A. S. and Shizgal, B.}
}
