VIBRATIONAL-EXCITATION OF ETHANE BY ELECTRON-IMPACT

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作者
BOESTEN, L
TANAKA, H
KUBO, M
SATO, H
KIMURA, M
DILLON, MA
SPENCE, D
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[1] SOPHIA UNIV,DEPT GEN SCI,CHIYODA KU,TOKYO 102,JAPAN
[2] OCHANOMIZU UNIV,BUNKYO KU,TOKYO 112,JAPAN
[3] ARGONNE NATL LAB,ARGONNE,IL 60439
[4] RICE UNIV,DEPT PHYS,HOUSTON,TX 77251
[5] MATSUSHITA CO,OSAKA,JAPAN
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10.1088/0953-4075/23/11/023
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Differential cross sections for electron impact vibrational excitation of ethane (C2H6) have been determined for incident energies from 3 to 20 eV over a scattering angular range of 20' to 130'. In addition, vibrational excitation functions were determined for impact energies of 2 to 15 eV at scattering angles of 30', 60', 90' and 120'. These measurements confirm the broad shape resonance at 7.5 eV but provide no evidence for a (second) resonance near 2.3 eV. A decomposition of the vibrational energy-loss spectrum shows strong resonance enhancement of selected vibrational modes, which may be explained by decay of a temporary negative ion (TNI) of symmetry species e u. A continuum multiple scattering calculation (CMS) reproduces these experimental results fairly well and indicates the simultaneous involvement of a TNI of species a2u.
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页码:1905 / 1913
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