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Title: Momentum-imaging apparatus for the study of dissociative electron attachment dynamics

Journal Article · · Review of Scientific Instruments
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4794093· OSTI ID:22105443
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  1. Department of Physics, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849 (United States)

An ion-momentum spectrometer is used to study the dissociative dynamics of electron attachment to molecules. A skimmed, supersonic gas jet is crossed with a pulsed beam of low-energy electrons, and the resulting negative ions are extracted toward a time- and position-sensitive detector. Calculations of the momentum in three dimensions may be used to determine the angular dependence of dissociative attachment as well as the energetics of the reaction.

OSTI ID:
22105443
Journal Information:
Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 84, Issue 3; Other Information: (c) 2013 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English