Electron-impact-induced excitation transfer between 3s levels of the neon atom

A full set of rate constants for electron-impact-induced excitation transfer between P-3(2), P-3(1), P-3(0) and P-1(1) stares of the Ne atom is obtained from optical absorption measurements in the afterglow He-Ne plasma with pulsed electron heating in the electron temperature range T-e = 0.03-1.2 eV. The rate data are consistent with the model requiring that the atomic-core total angular momentum cannot change if a transition is to occur.