Reaction Guides

Processes

Acronym	Process	Example
EAE	Auger Electron Ejection	e^- + A → A⁺ + 2e^-; A⁺ → A*²⁺ + e^-
EAS	Angular Scattering
EBS	Bremsstrahlung	e^- + A → e^- + A + hν
EDA	dissociative attachment	e^- + AB → A + B^-
EDC	Dielectronic Capture	e^- + A⁺ → A**
EDE	dissociative excitation	e^- + AB → A^* + B + e^-
EDI	dissociative ionization	AB + e^- → A⁺ + B + 2e^-
EDP	Depolarization, Change of Polarization
EDR	dissociative recombination	e^- + AB⁺ → A + B
EDS	dissociation	e^- + AB → e^- + A + B
EDT	Electron Detachment	e^- + A^- → A + 2e^-
EDX	deexcitation	e^- + A^* → e^- + A
EEL	elastic scattering	e^- + A → e^- + A
EEX	Excitation	e^- + A → e^- + A^*
EFL	Fluorescence (Optical Emission)
EGN	General
EHT	Transport
EIN	ionization	e^- + A → e^- + A⁺ + e^-
EIP	Ion Pair Creation	No example recorded
ELB	Line Broadening, Shapes and Shifts
EMI	Multiple Ionization	e^- + A → Aⁿ⁺ + (n+1)e^-
EMT	momentum transfer	No example recorded
ENI	electron attachment	A + B + e→ A + B^-
ERC	recombination (general)	A^+z + e^- → A^+(z-1)
ERD	Dielectronic Recombination	e^- + A⁺ → A** → A* + hν
ERO	Electron-Ion-Other Recombination	e^- + A⁺ + B → A + B
ERR	radiative recombination	e^- + A⁺ → A + hν
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
ETA	electron total attachment	No example recorded
ETD	electron total dissociation	No example recorded
ETI	electron total ionisation	No example recorded
ETN	electron total neutral dissociation	No example recorded
ETS	electron total scattering	e^- + A → e^- + Σ{A}
EXR	electron rotational excitation	No example recorded
EXV	electron impact vibrational excitation	e^- + A → e^- + A[v=*]
HAC	association	A + B → AB
HAD	association and electron detachment	No example recorded
HAI	Associative Ionization	A + B → AB⁺ + e^-
HAS	Angular Scattering
HAT	Attenuation
HCX	charge transfer	A⁺ + B → A + B⁺
HDC	heavy particle dissociation and charge transfer	AB + C⁺ → A⁺ + B + C
HDE	Dissociative Excitation	A + BC → A* + B + C; A + BC → A + B + C*
HDI	heavy particle dissociation and ionization	AB + C^* → A⁺ + B + C + e^-
HDN	heavy particle dissociative neutralization	AB^- + C⁺ → A + B + C
HDS	heavy particle collisional dissociation	AB + C → A + B + C
HDT	heavy particle electron detachment	A^- + B → A + B + e^-
HDX	heavy particle collisional deexcitation	A + B^* → A + B
HEL	Inelastic Energy Losses
HES	heavy particle elastic scattering	A + B → A + B
HEX	heavy particle excitation	A + B → A + B^*
HFL	Fluorescence	A + B → A* + B; A* → A + hν
HFR	heavy particle fragmentation	No example recorded
HHT	Transport
HIA	heavy particle association and ionization	No example recorded
HIN	heavy particle collisional ionization	A + B → A + B⁺ + e^-
HIP	Interaction Potentials
HIR	heavy-particle interchange	A + BC → AB + C
HLB	Line Broadening, Shapes and Shifts
HMI	Multiple Ionization	A + B → Aⁿ⁺ + (n+1)e^- + B
HMN	ions recombination	A^-+ B⁺ → A + B
HMT	Momentum Transfer
HPN	Penning ionization	A + B^* → A⁺ + B + e
HRA	radiative association	No example recorded
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
MAD	Polymer Adsorption	A + S → P(ads; S)
MBS	Backscattering
MCP	Charge State Population
MCR	Chemical Reactions
MCS	Ion Chemical Sputtering	No example recorded
MDE	Polymer Desorption	P(ads; S) → A + S
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
PDS	photodissociation	AB + hν → A + B
PDT	Photodetachment	hν + A^- → A + e^-
PEA	Effective Absorption, Total Diffusion
PED	Elastic Diffusion
PES	Elastic Scattering	hν + A → hν + A
PEX	photoexcitation	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
PRD	Radiative Decay	A^* → A + hν
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
XMPS	Neutral passivation	No example recorded
ZZZ	unset	[default unset process type]