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Principles and procedures for determining absolute differential electron-molecule (atom) scattering cross sections

J C Nickel, +3 more
- 01 Sep 1989 - 
- Vol. 22, Iss: 9, pp 730-738
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In this article, the absolute elastic and inelastic differential cross sections (DCS) for electron impact on molecular (atomic) species are described and illustrated by examples, and a method of determining absolute differential electron-molecule scattering cross sections is generally applicable and provides reliable results.
Abstract
Procedures and calibration techniques for measuring the absolute elastic and inelastic differential cross sections (DCS) for electron impact on molecular (atomic) species are described and illustrated by examples. The elastic DCS for the molecule under study is first determined by calibration against helium using the relative flow technique. The second step involves the production of energy-loss spectra for the instrument response function, the unfolding of overlapping inelastic structures and the normalization of inelastic intensities to the elastic cross sections. It is concluded that this method of determining absolute differential electron-molecule (atom) scattering cross sections is generally applicable and provides reliable results.

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Absolute cross sections for electron scattering from furan.

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Comparative study of inelastic squared form factors of the vibronic states of B 1 Σ u + , C 1 Π u , and E F 1 Σ g + for molecular hydrogen: Inelastic x-ray and electron scattering

TL;DR: In this article, a joint experimental and theoretical investigation of the valence-shell excitations of hydrogen has been performed by the high-resolution inelastic x-ray scattering and electron scattering as well as the multireference single-and double-excitation configuration-interaction method.
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Elastic and absorption cross sections for electron scattering by ethylene in the intermediate energy range

TL;DR: In this article, a joint theoretical and experimental study on electron scattering by C2H4 in the intermediate energy range is presented, where the angular distributions of the scattered electrons were converted to absolute cross sections using the relative flow technique.
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Measurement of absolute differential cross sections for the excitation of the π,π* triplet state of ethene by electron impact at 0° and 180°

TL;DR: In this paper, a magnetically collimated electron impact spectrometer with pulsed incident electron beam and time-of-flight selection of electrons scattered in the forward and backward directions was used to measure differential cross sections (DCSs) for the excitation of the valence triplet state of ethene at scattering angles of 0° and 180°.
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Differential cross sections for rovibrational ( v ′ = 0 → 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) excitation of the electronic ground state of O 2 by electron impact

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