REFINEMENT OF THE KINETIC-MODEL AND DETERMINATION (FROM THE RESULTS OF BALLISTIC EXPERIMENTS) OF THE RATE CONSTANTS OF DISSOCIATIVE AND TRIPLE RECOMBINATION OF ARGON IONS

The experimental results of measurements of the electron number densit y in the wake of a body flying in argon at a pressure of p(infinity) = 30-100 torr and velocity of V-infinity = 3.4-4.9 km/s are analyzed an d processed. A reaction scheme is suggested, which includes the recomb ination of charged particles, processes of ion conversion, and excited atomic states. The solution of equations of a nonequilibrium boundary layer for flow in the wake is used to formulate the inverse problem o f determination of rate constants of dissociative recombination Ar-2() + e --> Ar + Ar and triple recombination Ar+ + e + Ar --> Ar + Ar.