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Reaction Processes identified in QDB.
| Abbreviation | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| EDX | deexcitation | e- + A* → e- + A |
| EEL | elastic scattering | e- + A → e- + A |
| EIN | ionization | e- + A → e- + A+ + e- |
| EMT | momentum transfer | |
| ERR | radiative recombination | e- + A+ → A + hν |
| EDR | dissociative recombination | e- + AB+ → A + B |
| EDS | dissociation | e- + AB → e- + A + B |
| EDA | dissociative attachment | e- + AB → A + B- |
| EDE | dissociative excitation | e- + AB → A* + B + e- |
| EDI | dissociative ionization | AB + e- → A+ + B + 2e- |
| PDS | photodissociation | AB + hν → A + B |
| PEX | photoexcitation | A + hν → A* |
| XHAD | association and electron detachment | A- + B → AB + e- |
| HCX | charge transfer | A+ + B → A + B+ |
| EXE | Electron impact electronic excitation | e- + A → e- + A* |
| HIR | heavy-particle interchange | A + BC → AB + C |
| EED | change of excitation | e- + A* → e- + A** |
| ERC | recombination (general) | A+z + e- → A+(z-1) |
| HAC | association | A + B → AB |
| HIN | heavy particle collisional ionization | A + B → A + B+ + e- |
| XHIA | heavy particle association and ionization | A + B → AB+ + e- |
| ZZZ | unset | [default unset process type] |
| HPN | Penning ionization | A + B* → A+ + B + e |
| XENE | neutralization | e + B- → B + 2e |
| ENI | electron attachment | A + B + e→ A + B- |
| HMN | ions recombination | A-+ B+ → A + B |
| HDS | heavy particle collisional dissociation | AB + C → A + B + C |
| HDX | heavy particle collisional deexcitation | A + B* → A + B |
| HDN | heavy particle dissociative neutralization | AB- + C+ → A + B + C |
| HDC | heavy particle dissociation and charge transfer | AB + C+ → A+ + B + C |
| HDI | heavy particle dissociation and ionization | AB + C* → A+ + B + C + e- |
| PRD | Radiative Decay | A* → A + hν |
| EXV | electron impact vibrational excitation | e- + A → e- + A[v=*] |
| ETS | electron total scattering | e- + A → e- + Σ{A} |
| XETI | electron total ionisation | e- + A → e- + e- + Σ{A+} |
| XETA | electron total attachment | e- + A → Σ{A-} |
| XETD | electron total dissociation | e- + A → e- + Σ{A} |
| XETN | electron total neutral dissociation | e- + A → e- + Σ{A} |
| HEX | heavy particle excitation | A + B → A + B* |
| HDT | heavy particle electron detachment | A- + B → A + B + e- |
| MAD | Polymer Adsorption | A + S → P(ads; S) |
| MDE | Polymer Desorption | P(ads; S) → A + S |
| XMPS | Neutral passivation | |
| MCS | Ion Chemical Sputtering | |
| EXR | electron rotational excitation | |
| EIP | Ion Pair Creation | |
| XHFR | heavy particle fragmentation | AB → A + B |
| HES | heavy particle elastic scattering | A + B → A + B |
| HAR | radiative association | A + B → AB + hν |
| XHTR | Electron Transfer | A- + B → A + B- |
| EAE | Auger Electron Ejection | e- + A → A**+ + 2e-; A**+ → A*2+ + e- |
| EAS | Angular Scattering | |
| EBS | Bremsstrahlung | e- + A → e- + A + hν |
| EDC | Dielectronic Capture | e- + A+ → A** |
| EDP | Depolarization, Change of Polarization | |
| EDT | Electron Detachment | e- + A- → A + 2e- |
| EEX | Excitation | e- + A → e- + A* |
| EFL | Fluorescence (Optical Emission) | |
| EGN | General | |
| EHT | Transport | |
| ELB | Line Broadening, Shapes and Shifts | |
| EMI | Multiple Ionization | e- + A → An+ + (n+1)e- |
| ERD | Dielectronic Recombination | e- + A+ → A** → A* + hν |
| ERO | Electron-Ion-Other Recombination | e- + A+ + B → A + B |
| ERT | Three-Body Recombination | e- + e- + A+ → A + e- |
| ERV | Rovibrational Excitation | e- + AB → e- + AB (v=*; J=*) |
| ESF | Spin-Flip | e- + [S]A → e- + [S']A |
| HAI | Associative Ionization | A + B → AB+ + e- |
| HAS | Angular Scattering | |
| HAT | Attenuation | |
| HDE | Dissociative Excitation | A + BC → A* + B + C; A + BC → A + B + C* |
| HEL | Inelastic Energy Losses | |
| HET | Energy Transfer | |
| HFL | Fluorescence | A + B → A* + B; A* → A + hν |
| HGN | General | |
| HHT | Transport | |
| HIP | Interaction Potentials | |
| HLB | Line Broadening, Shapes and Shifts | |
| HMI | Multiple Ionization | A + B → An+ + (n+1)e- + B |
| HMT | Momentum Transfer | |
| HRC | Recombination | |
| HRV | Rovibrational Excitation | A + BC → A + BC (v=*; J=*) |
| HST | Electron-Stripping | A + B → A+ + B + e- |
| HTE | Electron Transfer | A- + B → A + B- |
| HTI | Transfer Ionization | A + B+ → A2+ + B + e- |
| HTS | Total Scattering | |
| HXE | Electronic Excitation | A + BC → A + BC* |
| HXF | Fine-Level Excitation | A + B → A + B (J=*) |
| HXH | Hyperfine Excitation | e- + AB → e- + AB (F=*) |
| HXR | Rotational Excitation | A + BC → A + BC (J=*) |
| HXT | Excitation Transfer | A* + B → A + B* |
| HXV | Vibrational Excitation | A + BC → A + BC (v=*) |
| MAC | Accomodation | |
| MBS | Backscattering | |
| MCP | Charge State Population | |
| MCR | Chemical Reactions | |
| MDF | Diffusion | |
| MDP | Deposition | |
| MEL | Energy Loss and Stopping Power | |
| MEP | Excited State Population | |
| MER | Erosion | |
| MGN | General | |
| MIR | Particle-Impact Induced Radiation | |
| MMS | Multiple Scattering | |
| MNE | Neutralization, Ionization, Dissociation | |
| MPE | Photoelectric Ejection of Electrons | |
| MPM | Permeation | |
| MPR | Particle Range | |
| MPS | Physical Sputtering | |
| MRC | Recombination | |
| MRE | Reemission | |
| MRF | Reflection | |
| MRH | Reflection of Heavy Particles from Surfaces | |
| MRL | Reflection of Electrons from Surfaces | |
| MRS | Radiation-Enhanced Sublimation | |
| MSD | Surface Damage | |
| MSE | Secondary Electron Emission | |
| MSI | Surface Interactions | |
| MSL | Solubility | |
| MSP | Sputtering | |
| MTD | Trapping, Detrapping | |
| MTR | Transmutation | |
| MVP | Vapour Formation and Properties | |
| PAD | Scattering | |
| PAE | Auger Electron Ejection | A + hν → A**+ + e-; A**+ → A*2+ + e- |
| PCS | Compton Scattering | |
| PDP | Depolarization, Change of Polarization | |
| PDT | Photodetachment | hν + A- → A + e- |
| PEA | Effective Absorption, Total Diffusion | |
| PED | Elastic Diffusion | |
| PES | Elastic Scattering | hν + A → hν + A |
| PFF | Inverse Bremsstrahlung | e- + A + hν → A + e- |
| PFL | Fluorescence | A* → A + hν |
| PGF | General Electromagnetic Field | |
| PGN | General | |
| PIN | Photoionization | hν + A → A+ + e- |
| PIP | Ion-Pair Formation | AB + hν → A+ + B- |
| PMA | Multiphoton Excitation | nhν + A → A+/A*/A*+ |
| PNL | Non-Linear Effects | |
| PRV | Rovibrational Excitation | BC + hν → BC (v=*; J=*) |
| PSE | Stark Effect | |
| PTA | True Absorption | |
| PTF | Interaction with Time-Varying Fields | |
| PTS | Total Absorption, Total Scattering | |
| PXE | Electronic Excitation | BC + hν → BC* |
| PXR | Rotational Excitation | BC + hν → BC (J=*) |
| PXV | Vibrational Excitation | BC + hν → BC (v=*) |
| PZE | Zeeman Effect | |
| SAD | Autodetachment | |
| SAI | Autoionization | |
| SDP | Dynamic Polarizability | |
| SDS | Autodissociation | |
| SEW | Energy Levels and Wavelengths | |
| SFT | Forbidden Transitions | |
| SGN | General | |
| SHF | Hyperfine Structure | |
| SIA | Interatomic Potentials | |
| SIE | Isoelectronic sequences | |
| SIP | Ionization Potentials | |
| SIR | Infrared Spectra | |
| SLS | Line Broadening, Shapes and Shifts | |
| SLT | Lifetimes | |
| SMM | Magnetic Moments | |
| SPM | Polarizabilities, Electric Moments | |
| SQE | QED Effects | |
| SRA | Raman spectroscopy | |
| SRP | Relaxation Processes | |
| SRS | Rotational Spectra | |
| SRY | Rydberg States | |
| SSM | Potential Curves and Structure of Molecules | |
| STP | Transition Probabilities and Oscillator Strengths | |
| SUV | UV/VUV/XUV Spectra | |
| SVB | Vibrational Spectra | |
| SVS | Visible Spectra | |
| SXR | X-Ray Spectra |