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A three-mode microwave afterglow apparatus and high-speed grating spectrometer are used to study dissociative recombination in argon. The total rate coefficient may be represented by Ar₂^+=9. 110^-7300{{T₄ (K) }}^0. 61 cm^3/sec over the electron-temperature range 300T₄8500 K, with T+=T₆₀ₒ=300 K. The excited states produced by the dissociative recombination are determined at T₄=300 and 7200 K. In both cases, the 4p and 4p^' states are found to be the most strongly populated.
Shiu et al. (Wed,) studied this question.