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Structures in elastic, vibrational, and dissociative electron attachment cross sections in N₂O near threshold

Allan, Michael ; Skalický, Tomás

In: Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 2003, vol. 36, no. 16, p. 3397-3409

Absolute differential cross sections were measured at 135° for the elastic and the vibrationally inelastic electron scattering from threshold to 12 eV, with emphasis on the threshold region. In addition, relative dissociative electron attachment spectra were measured from 0.1 to 3.5 eV. Structures of vibrational origin were observed at energies below 1 eV, well below the ²Π shape resonance, in...

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The assignment of dissociative electron attachment bands in compounds containing hydroxyl and amino groups

Skalický, Tomás ; Allan, Michael

In: Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 2004, vol. 37, p. 4849-4859

Dissociative electron attachment (DEA) spectra were recorded for methanol, phenol, diethylamine, tetramethylhydrazine, piperazine, pyrrole and N,N-dimethylaniline. Comparison with He I photoelectron spectra permitted the assignment of virtually all DEA bands in the saturated compounds to core excited Feshbach resonances with double occupation of Rydberg-like orbitals and various Koopmans' states...

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Properties of the π* and σ* states of the chlorobenzene anion determined by electron impact spectroscopy

Skalický, Tomás ; Chollet, Christophe ; Pasquier, Nicolas ; Allan, Michael

In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2002, vol. 4, p. 3583 - 3590

The selectivity of vibrational excitation by electron impact has been used to unambiguously assign the negative ion states (resonances) of chlorobenzene and to settle a recent controversy on this subject. The excitation functions of the ring deformation vibrations exhibit bands in the 0.8–1.4 eV range, identifying them as temporary electron captures in the b₁ and...