Table 2 Chemical and photochemical reaction of \(\hbox {Ca}^+\)
From: First simulations of day-to-day variability of mid-latitude sporadic E layer structures
Reaction | \(^{1}\)Rate coefficient | References |
|---|---|---|
\(O_2^+ + Ca \rightarrow Ca^+ + O_2\) | \(k_{18} = 1.8\times 10^{-15}\) | Rutherford et al. (1972) |
\(NO^+ + Ca \rightarrow Ca^+ + NO\) | \(k_{19} = 4.6\times 10^{-15}\) | Rutherford et al. (1972) |
\(Ca^+ + e^- \rightarrow Ca + hv\) | \(k_{20} = 3.8\times 10^{-18}(\frac{T_e}{200})^{-0.9}\) | Shull and van Steenberg (1982) |
\(Ca + hv \rightarrow Ca^+ + e^-\) | \(^{2}\) \(k_{21} = 5.0\times 10^{-5}\) | Plane et al. (2018) |