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Table 5

Rate coefficients for collisional ionization between electrons and Li I atoms for different temperatures.

Bound Temperature (K)
State 1000 2000 5000 8000 12 000 20 000 50 000

2s(2Se) 4.85(−36) 3.00(−22) 8.63(−14) 1.35(−11) 2.46(−10) 2.73(−09) 2.69(−08)
2p(2Po) 5.53(−26) 6.19(−17) 2.06(−11) 5.49(−10) 3.62(−09) 1.76(−08) 8.23(−08)
3s(2Se) 1.03(−17) 1.57(−12) 2.34(−09) 1.55(−08) 4.55(−08) 1.11(−07) 2.44(−07)
3p(2Po) 3.10(−15) 3.03(−11) 8.07(−09) 3.45(−08) 8.07(−08) 1.67(−07) 3.36(−07)
3d(2De) 7.00(−15) 5.43(−11) 1.25(−08) 5.11(−08) 1.16(−07) 2.33(−07) 4.30(−07)

Notes. The rate coefficients  ⟨ σv ⟩ , in cm3 s-1, are calculated from the ionization cross sections from Lennon et al. (1988) and Schweinzer et al. (1999) (see text). The values should be read as: a(b): = a × 10b.

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