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Experimental and theoretical study of electron-impact ionization plus excitation of aligned H2

  • Esam Ali
  • , Xue Guang Ren
  • , Alexander Dorn
  • , Chuangang Ning
  • , Don Madison
  • Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
  • Tsinghua University

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Abstract

We report quadruple differential cross sections for electron-impact ionization of H2 with simultaneous excitation of the H+2 ion which will immediately dissociate. The alignment of the molecule is determined by detecting the emitted proton. The first measurements of this type were recently reported (2013 Phys. Rev. A 88 062705). Here we report measurements with much better angular resolution using the COLTRIMS method. Experimental results are compared with molecular 4-body distorted wave calculations and reasonably good agreement between experiment and theory is found.

Original languageEnglish
Article number115201
JournalJournal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Volume48
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Jun 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • 4 body
  • Differential cross setions
  • Electron impact
  • Ionization excitation

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