Experimental studies on electron scattering from atoms and molecules: The state of the art

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1755, 1999, Pages 1175-1200

  Mason, N J ^a   Gingell, J M ^a   Jones, N C ^a   Kaminski, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric gases; Electric molecule resonances; Electron scattering; Polyatomic molecules; Radicals; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346246647     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1999.0370     Document Type: Article

References (63)

1. Allan, M. 1995 Measurement of differential cross-sections for excitation of helium by electron impact within the first 4 eV above threshold. J. Phys. B25, 1559-1575.
2. Allan, M, Asmis, K. R, Popovic, D. B, Stepanovic, M., Davies, J. A & Mason, N. J. 1996a Resonances in collisions of low energy electrons with ozone. Experimental elastic and vibrationally inelastic differential cross-sections and dissociative attachment spectra. J. Phys. B29, 4727-4747.
3. Allan, M., Mason, N. J. & Davies, J. A. 1996b Study of electronically excited states of ozone by electron energy loss spectroscopy. J. Chem. Phys. 105, 5665-5671.
4. 2 in low energy electron impact on ozone. J. Phys. B29, 3487-3495.
5. Andersen, N. & Bartschat, K. 1996 Complete experiments in electron-atom collisions. Adv. At. Mol. Phys. 36, 1-85.
6. Andersen, N. & Bartschat, K. 1997 Collisional excitation of atomic D states. J. Phys. B30, 5071-5097.
7. Asmis, K. R. & Allan, M. 1997 Measurement of absolute differential cross-sections for the excitation of the n = 2 states of helium at 0 and 180°. J. Phys. B30, 1961-1974.
8. Bederson, B. & Kieffer, L. 1971 Total electron-atom collision cross-sections at low energies. A critical review. Rev. Mod. Phys. 43, 601-656.
9. Bray, I. & Fursa, D. V. 1996 Convergent close coupling method. A complete scattering theory. Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 2674-2677.
10. 2. J. Phys. B20, 5175-5182.
11. Celotta R. J. & Heubner, R. H. 1979 In Electron spectroscopy: theory, techniques and applications (ed. C. R. Brundle & A. D. Baker), vol. 3, pp. 41-125. New York: Academic.
12. 2π state of the OH molecule. J. Phys. B30, 3709-3717.
13. Cubric, D., Mercer, D. J. L., Channing, J. M., King, G. C. & Read, F. H. 1999 J. Phys. Lett. B32, 45-50.
14. 1F state of helium by electron impact. Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 3033-3036.
15. Davies, J. A., Mason, N. J., Marston, G. & Wayne, R. P. 1995 Differential oscillator strengths for chlorine dioxide produced by electron impact energy loss spectroscopy. J. Phys. B28, 4179-4187.
16. Donnets, E. D. 1998 Historical review of electron beam ion sources. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 69, 614-619.
17. Eschen, F., Morgner, H. & Vogt, J. 1996 Vibrational excitations in electron energy loss spectroscopy of liquids. J. Electron Spec. Rel. Phenom. 82, 145-150.
18. u resonance. Phys. Rev. A40, 5407-5410.
19. Field, D., Knight, D. W., Mrotzek, G., Randaell, J., Ozenne, J. B., Lunt, S. L. & Ziesel, J. P. 1991 A high-resolution synchrotron photoionization spectrometer for the study of low-energy electron-molecule scattering. Meas. Sci. Technol. 2, 757-769.
20. Franck, J. & Hertz, G. 1914 D. Phys. Ges. Verhandlungen 16, 512-516.
21. Fursa, D. V., Bray, I., Donnelly, B. P., McLaughlin, D. T. & Crowe, A. 1997 Electron impact excitation of the 3D states of helium: comparison between experiment and theory at 30 eV. J. Phys. B30, 3459-3473.
22. Gingell, J. M. & Mason, N. J. 1998 The vibrational excitation of benzyl alcohol by electron impact. J. Electron Spec. Rel. Phenom. 95, 261-265.
23. Glass, W. A. & Varma, M. N. 1991 Physical and chemical mechanisms in molecular radiation biology. New York: Plenum.
24. Gulley, R. J., Field, T. A., Steer, W., Mason, N. J., Lunt, S. L., Ziesel, J. P. & Field, D. 1998a Very low energy electron collisions with molecular chlorine. J. Phys. B31, 2971-2980.
25. Gulley, R. J., Field, T. A., Steer, W., Mason, N. J., Lunt, S. L., Ziesel, J. P. & Field, D. 1998b Electron scattering in ozone and chlorine dioxide. J. Phys. B31, 5197-5208.
26. Hall, R. I., Cadez, I., Landau, M., Pichou, F. & Schermann, C. 1988 Vibrational excitation of hydrogen via recombinative desorption of atomic hydrogen gas on a metal surface. Phys. Rev. Lett. 60, 337-340.
27. u state of molecular hydrogen. 6th EPS Conf. on Atomic and Molecular Physics, Siena, Italy. Book of abstracts (ed. C. Biancalana, P. Bicchi & E. Mariotti), pp. 4-71. Geneva: European Physical Society.
28. Hotop, H., Klar, J., Kreil, J., Ruf, M. W., Schramm, A. & Weber, J. M. 1995 Studies of low energy electron collisions at sub-meV resolution. In The physics of electronic and atomic collisions (ed. J. L. Dube), AIP Conf. Proc., vol. 360, pp. 267-278. New York: AIP.
29. Huels, M. A., Hahndorf, I., Illenberger, E. & Sanche, L. 1998 Resonant dissociation of DNA bases by subionization electrons. J. Chem. Phys. 108, 1309-1312.
30. Ibach, H. 1993 Electron-energy loss spectroscopy with resolution below 1 meV. J. Electron Spec. Rel. Phenom. 64, 819-823.
31. Joachain, C. J. & Post, D. E. (eds) 1982 Atomic and molecular processes of controlled thermonuclear fusion. New York: Plenum.
32. Johnstone, W. M., Mason, N. J., Newell, W. R., Biggs, P., Marston, G. & Wayne, R. P. 1992 Differential oscillator strengths produced by electron impact energy loss spectroscopy of ozone. J. Phys. B26, 3873-3883.
33. Johnstone, W. M., Mason, N. J. & Newell, W. R. 1993 Electron scattering from vibrationally excited carbon dioxide. J. Phys. Lett. B26, 147-152.
34. Johnstone, W. M., Akther, P. & Newell, W. R. 1995 Resonant vibrational excitation of carbon dioxide. J. Phys. B28, 743-753.
35. Jones, N. C., Mason, N. J. & Price, S. D. 1998 Coincidence studies of the dissociation of highly excited states of neutral molecules. 6th EPS Conf. on Atomic and Molecular Physics, Siena, Italy. Book of abstracts (ed. C. Biancalana, P. Bicchi & E. Mariotti), pp. 2-37. Geneva: European Physical Society.
36. Kaminski, L., Zhao, H. & Mason, N. J. 1998 The study of electron impact induced molecular dissociation by means of resonance enhanced multiphoton ionisation. 6th EPS Conf. on Atomic and Molecular Physics, Siena, Italy. Book of abstracts (ed. C. Biancalana, P. Bicchi & E. Mariotti), pp. 4-77. Geneva: European Physical Society.
37. 2. J. Phys. Lett. B29, 657-665.
38. Marston, G., Walker, I. C, Mason, N. J., Gingell, J. M., Zhao, H., Brown, K. L., Motte-Tollet, F., Delwiche, J. & Siggel, M. 1998 Photoabsorption and near-threshold electron energy-loss spectroscopy of OClO. J. Phys. B31, 3387-3405.
39. Martensson, N., Baltzer, P., Bruhwiler, P. A., Forsell, J. O., Nilsson, A., Stenborg, A. & Wannberg, B. 1994 Very high resolution electron spectrometer. J Electron Spec. Rel. Phenom. 70, 117-128.
40. Mason, N. J. 1991 Electron scattering by vibrationally excited molecules. In Electron collisions with molecules, clusters and surfaces (ed. H. Ehrhardt & L. Morgan), pp. 47-62. New York: Plenum.
41. 2. J. Phys. B23, 4641-4653.
42. Mason, N. J. & Pathak, S. 1997 Spectroscopic studies of ozone. The Earth's UV filter. Contemp. Phys. 38, 289-299.
43. Mason, N. J., Gingell, J. M., Davies, J. A., Zhao, H., Walker, I. C. & Siggel, M. R. F. 1996 VUV optical absorption and electron energy-loss spectroscopy of ozone. J. Phys. B29, 3075-3090.
44. Massey, H. S. W. & Mohr, C. B. O. 1931 The collision of electrons with simple atomic systems and electron exchanges. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A132, 605-611.
45. 60. J. Chem. Phys. 102, 2516-2521.
46. 3 using a high-resolution crossed-beams technique. J. Chem. Phys. 107, 8955-8962.
47. National Research Council 1996 Database needs for modelling and simulation of plasma processing. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
48. O'Connor, C. S. S, Jones, N. C. & Price, S. D. 1997 The formation and dissociation of the dinitrogen pentoxide dication. Chem. Phys. 214, 131-141.
49. Palmer, R. E. & Rous, P. J. 1992 Resonances in electron-scattering by molecules on surfaces. Rev. Mod. Phys. 64, 383-440.
50. Poppel, R. A., Finch, C. D. & Dunning, F. B. 1995 Use of Rydberg atoms as a nanoscale laboratory for dissociative electron capture. Int. J. Mass Spect. Ion Proc. 150, 37-44.
51. Price, S. D. & Eland, J. H. 1990 Photoelectron-photoelectron coincidence spectroscopy. J. Electron Spec. Rel. Phenom. 52, 649-660.
52. Ramsauer, C. 1921 Annln Phys. 66, 546-549.
53. Read, F. H. & Channing, J. M. 1996 Production and optical properties of an unscreened but localized magnetic field. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 67, 2372-2376.
54. Rees, M. H. 1989 Physics and chemistry of the upper atmosphere. Cambridge University Press.
55. Sanche, L. 1990 Low energy electron-scattering from molecules on surfaces. J. Phys. B23, 1597-1624.
56. Sanche, L. 1995 Interactions of low energy electrons with atomic and molecular solids. Scanning Microsc. 9, 619-656.
57. Sawey, P. M. J., Berrington, K. A., Burke, P. G. & Kingston, A. E. 1990 Electron scattering in helium at low energies: a 29-state R-matrix calculation. J. Phys. B23, 4321-4329.
58. Schappe, R. S., Feng, P., Anderson, L. W., Lin, C. C. & Walker, T. 1995 Electron collision cross-sections measured with the use of a magneto-optical trap. Europhys. Lett. 29, 439-444.
59. Schramm, A., Weber, J. M., Kreil, J., Klar, D., Ruf, M. W. & Hotop, H. 1998 Laser photoelectron attachment to molecules in a skimmed supersonic beam: diagnostics of weak electric fields and attachment cross-sections down to 20 μeV. Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 778-781.
60. Schulz, G. J. 1963 Resonance in the elastic scattering of electrons in helium. Phys. Rev. Lett. 10, 104.
61. Shyn, T. & Sweeney, C. 1996 Measurement of inelastic electron impact on ozone. Differential cross-sections for excitation of the Hartley band. Phys. Rev. A53, 1576-1580.
62. Sugai, H., Toyoda, H., Hakano, T. & Gioto, M. 1995 Contrib. Plasma Phys. 35, 415-420.
63. Weinstein, J. D., deCarvalho, R., Guillet, T., Friedrich, B. & Doyle, J. M. 1998 Magnetic trappping of calcium monohydride molecules at millikelvin temperatures. Nature 395, 148-150.