Dynamics of dissociative electron attachment to ammonia

Rescigno, T. N.; Trevisan, C. S.; Orel, A. E.; Slaughter, D. S.; Adaniya, H.; Belkacem, A.; Weyland, Marvin; Dorn, Alexander; McCurdy, C. W.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.93.052704

Dynamics of dissociative electron attachment to ammonia

Journal Article · Thu May 12 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physical Review A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.93.052704· OSTI ID:1379339

Rescigno, T. N. ^[1]; Trevisan, C. S. ^[2]; Orel, A. E. ^[3]; Slaughter, D. S. ^[1]; Adaniya, H. ^[1]; Belkacem, A. ^[1]; Weyland, Marvin ^[4]; Dorn, Alexander ^[5]; McCurdy, C. W. ^[6]

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Chemical Sciences
California Maritime Academy, Vallejo, CA (United States). Department of Sciences and Mathematics
Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States). Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (Germany); Max Planck Inst. fur Kernphysik, Heidelberg (Germany)
Max Planck Inst. fur Kernphysik, Heidelberg (Germany)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Chemical Sciences; Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry

We present that ab initio theoretical studies and momentum-imaging experiments are combined to provide a consistent picture of the dynamics of dissociative electron attachment to ammonia through its 5.5- and 10.5-eV resonance channels. The present study clarifies the character and symmetry of the anion states involved and the dynamics that leads to the observed fragment-ion channels, their branching ratios, and angular distributions.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Office of Workforce Development for Teachers & Scientists (WDTS); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS) (SC-27)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1379339

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1252834

Journal Information:: Physical Review A, Journal Name: Physical Review A Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 93; ISSN PLRAAN; ISSN 2469-9926

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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