Elastic and inelastic cross sections for low-energy electron collisions with pyrimidine

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 136, Issue 14, 2012, Pages

  Mašín, Zdenek ^a   Gorfinkiel, Jimena D ^a   Jones, Darryl B ^b   Bellm, Susan M ^b   Brunger, Michael J ^b,c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTION; ELASTIC CROSS SECTIONS; ELECTRON COLLISION; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; IMPACT ENERGY; INELASTIC CROSS SECTIONS; LOW ENERGY ELECTRONS; R-MATRIX METHOD;

ELECTRIC EXCITATION; PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

PYRIMIDINE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; ELECTRON;

ELASTICITY; ELECTRONS; PYRIMIDINES;

EID: 84859959089     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3702629     Document Type: Article

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