Experiments and analytical methods for determining electron‐ion recombination and attachment coefficients in highly collisional, cylindrically symmetric plasmas are presented. Photoionization by sparkboard light sources of tetrakisdimethylaminoethylene (TMAE) seeded in atmospheric‐pressure helium is used to produce the plasma. The electron density is probed by microwave transmission techniques. The effective recombination coefficient for electrons recombining with TMAE ions in atmospheric pressure helium is found to be (9.0±1.1)×10−6 cm3 s−1 for Te=300 K.

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