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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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Electron-molecule scattering cross-sections. I. Experimental techniques and data for diatomic molecules

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Recommended Collision Integrals for Transport Property Computations Part 1: Air Species

TL;DR: In this article, the best available data for calculating a complete set of binary collision integral data for the computation of the mixture transport properties (viscosity, thermal conductivity, and ordinary and thermal diffusion) of 13-species weakly ionized air is presented.
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Scaled plane-wave Born cross sections for atoms and molecules

TL;DR: A review of Born approximation and phenomenological scaling approaches that provide accurate excitation cross sections over a range of electron impact energies can be found in this article, where the methods are illustrated for a variety of atomic and molecular systems.
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Absolute angle-differential elastic and vibrational excitation cross sections for electron collisions with tetrahydrofuran

TL;DR: In this article, absolute angle-differential elastic and vibrational excitation cross sections for electron collisions with tetrahydrofuran were measured in the energy range 0.1-20 eV, extending existing measurements to lower energies.
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Measurement of absolute differential cross sections for vibrational excitation of O2 by electron impact

M Allan
- 14 Dec 1995 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, an absolute differential cross section (DCSS) for vibrational excitation of O2, with improved sensitivity and resolution, is presented, and the 90 degrees DCSS is given as a function of energy up to 16 eV.
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Near-threshold electron impact ionisation of helium

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used an electron trap spectrometer in a fixed incident energy mode of operation to explore near-threshold ionisation of helium and found that the partitioning of the excess energy between the two outgoing electrons is random for incident energies up to 30 eV.
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