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Title: Intermediate energy cross sections for electron-impact vibrational-excitation of pyrimidine

Abstract

We report differential cross sections (DCSs) and integral cross sections (ICSs) for electron-impact vibrational-excitation of pyrimidine, at incident electron energies in the range 15–50 eV. The scattered electron angular range for the DCS measurements was 15°–90°. The measurements at the DCS-level are the first to be reported for vibrational-excitation in pyrimidine via electron impact, while for the ICS we extend the results from the only previous condensed-phase study [P. L. Levesque, M. Michaud, and L. Sanche, J. Chem. Phys. 122, 094701 (2005)], for electron energies ⩽12 eV, to higher energies. Interestingly, the trend in the magnitude of the lower energy condensed-phase ICSs is much smaller when compared to the corresponding gas phase results. As there is no evidence for the existence of any shape-resonances, in the available pyrimidine total cross sections [Baek et al., Phys. Rev. A 88, 032702 (2013); Fuss et al., ibid. 88, 042702 (2013)], between 10 and 20 eV, this mismatch in absolute magnitude between the condensed-phase and gas-phase ICSs might be indicative for collective-behaviour effects in the condensed-phase results.

Authors:
 [1]; ;  [2];  [3];  [3]
  1. School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001 (Australia)
  2. Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Serrano 113-bis, 28006 Madrid (Spain)
  3. Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, 36036-330 Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais (Brazil)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22493599
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Chemical Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 143; Journal Issue: 9; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0021-9606
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTIONS; ELECTRON-MOLECULE COLLISIONS; ELECTRONS; EV RANGE; EXCITATION; INTEGRAL CROSS SECTIONS; PHASE STUDIES; PYRIMIDINES; RESONANCE; TOTAL CROSS SECTIONS

Citation Formats

Jones, D. B., Ellis-Gibbings, L., García, G., Nixon, K. L., School of Biology, Chemistry and Forensic Science, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton WV1 1LY, Lopes, M. C. A., Brunger, M. J., E-mail: Michael.Brunger@flinders.edu.au, and Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur. Intermediate energy cross sections for electron-impact vibrational-excitation of pyrimidine. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4929907.
Jones, D. B., Ellis-Gibbings, L., García, G., Nixon, K. L., School of Biology, Chemistry and Forensic Science, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton WV1 1LY, Lopes, M. C. A., Brunger, M. J., E-mail: Michael.Brunger@flinders.edu.au, & Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur. Intermediate energy cross sections for electron-impact vibrational-excitation of pyrimidine. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4929907
Jones, D. B., Ellis-Gibbings, L., García, G., Nixon, K. L., School of Biology, Chemistry and Forensic Science, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton WV1 1LY, Lopes, M. C. A., Brunger, M. J., E-mail: Michael.Brunger@flinders.edu.au, and Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur. 2015. "Intermediate energy cross sections for electron-impact vibrational-excitation of pyrimidine". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4929907.
@article{osti_22493599,
title = {Intermediate energy cross sections for electron-impact vibrational-excitation of pyrimidine},
author = {Jones, D. B. and Ellis-Gibbings, L. and García, G. and Nixon, K. L. and School of Biology, Chemistry and Forensic Science, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton WV1 1LY and Lopes, M. C. A. and Brunger, M. J., E-mail: Michael.Brunger@flinders.edu.au and Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur},
abstractNote = {We report differential cross sections (DCSs) and integral cross sections (ICSs) for electron-impact vibrational-excitation of pyrimidine, at incident electron energies in the range 15–50 eV. The scattered electron angular range for the DCS measurements was 15°–90°. The measurements at the DCS-level are the first to be reported for vibrational-excitation in pyrimidine via electron impact, while for the ICS we extend the results from the only previous condensed-phase study [P. L. Levesque, M. Michaud, and L. Sanche, J. Chem. Phys. 122, 094701 (2005)], for electron energies ⩽12 eV, to higher energies. Interestingly, the trend in the magnitude of the lower energy condensed-phase ICSs is much smaller when compared to the corresponding gas phase results. As there is no evidence for the existence of any shape-resonances, in the available pyrimidine total cross sections [Baek et al., Phys. Rev. A 88, 032702 (2013); Fuss et al., ibid. 88, 042702 (2013)], between 10 and 20 eV, this mismatch in absolute magnitude between the condensed-phase and gas-phase ICSs might be indicative for collective-behaviour effects in the condensed-phase results.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4929907},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22493599}, journal = {Journal of Chemical Physics},
issn = {0021-9606},
number = 9,
volume = 143,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}