N(2P) Production in electron-N2 Collisions
Abstract
A unique detector which is selectively sensitive to low energy metastable atoms, is used to study the production of ground configuration N(2P) atoms following collisions of low energy (0-300 eV) electrons with molecular nitrogen. Time-of-flight detection has allowed identification of at least two dissociation channels with significant differences in released kinetic energy of the fragments. Excitation probability measurements will be presented as a function of incident electron energy and near-threshold data will be used to help identify possible excitation channels.
Support of NSERC and CFI, Canada, is gratefully acknowledged.- Publication:
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APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- April 2017
- Bibcode:
- 2017APS..DMP.Q1141M