Dissociative electron attachment to vibrationally excited H2 and D2 molecules: the 14 eV process
Abstract
The dissociative attachment (DA) of electrons to vibrationally and rotationally excited H2 and D2 molecules is investigated experimentally. The excited molecules are produced by the recombination, on the walls of the gas cell, of atoms excited by a hot W filament. The experimental setup and procedures are described and illustrated with drawings, and the results are presented in extensive graphs. The relative DA cross sections for 14 eV are found to be in good general agreement with theoretically determined Franck-Condon densities.
- Publication:
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Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular Physics
- Pub Date:
- October 1988
- DOI:
- 10.1088/0953-4075/21/19/016
- Bibcode:
- 1988JPhB...21.3271C
- Keywords:
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- Deuterium;
- Electron Attachment;
- Hydrogen;
- Hydrogen Plasma;
- Molecular Excitation;
- Vibrational Spectra;
- Electron States;
- Gas Dissociation;
- Atomic and Molecular Physics