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Vibrational excitation of water by electron impact

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Department of Physics, California State University, Fullerton, California 92834 (United States)

Experimental and calculated differential cross sections (DCSs) for electron-impact excitation of the (010) bending mode and unresolved (100) symmetric and (001) antisymmetric stretching modes of water are presented. Measurements are reported at incident energies of 1-100 eV and scattering angles of 10 deg. - 130 deg. and are normalized to the elastic-scattering DCSs for water determined earlier by our group. The calculated cross sections are obtained in the adiabatic approximation from fixed-nuclei, electronically elastic scattering calculations using the Schwinger multichannel method. The present results are compared to available experimental and theoretical data.

OSTI ID:
21304696
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 79; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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