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Enhanced electron attachment to super-excited states of nitric oxide

Journal Article · · Bulletin of the American Physical Society
OSTI ID:127895
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  1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
The authors report the observation of slow electron attachment to laser-produced superexcited states (SES)--states lying above the first ionization threshold--of NO using a new experimental technique developed for the measurement of electron attachment to short-lived (lifetime<10{sup {minus}8} s) excited species. The SES of NO were produced in multiphoton excitation processes via, (i) real and virtual states, and (ii) only virtual states. For slow electron (electron energy < 3 eV) attachment to the SES, they estimate electron attachment cross sections > 10{sup {minus}10} cm{sup 2} which are more than 8 orders of magnitude larger compared to that for the ground electronic state of NO.
OSTI ID:
127895
Report Number(s):
CONF-920376--
Journal Information:
Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Journal Name: Bulletin of the American Physical Society Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 37; ISSN BAPSA6; ISSN 0003-0503
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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