Absolute cross sections for electronic excitations of cytosine by low energy electron impact

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 133, Issue 15, 2010, Pages

  Bazin, M ^a   Michaud, M ^a   Sanche, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE CROSS SECTIONS; AR SUBSTRATES; DISSOCIATIVE ELECTRON ATTACHMENT; ELECTRON IMPACT; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; ENERGY DEPENDENT; EXCITATION REGION; EXCITATION THRESHOLD; GASPHASE; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; INCIDENT ELECTRONS; INCIDENT ENERGY; IONIZATION ENERGIES; LOW ENERGY ELECTRON IMPACTS; OPTICALLY ALLOWED TRANSITION; TRIPLET STATE; VALENCE STATE;

CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRONS; EXCITED STATES; GROUND STATE; ION BEAMS; IONIZATION OF GASES; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULES; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOTODISSOCIATION;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

CYTOSINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

CYTOSINE; ELECTRONS; SPECTROSCOPY, ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS;

EID: 78049254480     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3505301     Document Type: Article

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