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Experimental evidence on the mechanism of dissociative electron attachment to formic acid

Janečková, Radmila ; Kubala, Dušan ; May, Olivier ; Fedor, Juraj ; Allan, Michael

In: Physical Review Letters, 2013, vol. 111, no. 21, p. 213201

Two mechanisms for dissociative electron attachment in HCOOH, the formation of HCOO−+H, were proposed in the literature: (i) via a direct electron attachment into a σ∗ resonance, augmented by dipole binding of the incident electron [G. A. Gallup et al., Phys. Rev. A 79, 042701 (2009)], and (ii) with the 1.8 eV π∗ resonance as a doorway state, linked to the products by...

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Isotope effect in dissociative electron attachment to acetylene

May, Olivier ; Fedor, Juraj ; Allan, Michael

In: Physical Review A, 2009, vol. 80, no. 1, p. 012706

Absolute partial cross sections for dissociative electron attachment to H–C≡C–H and D–C≡C–D have been measured using a time-of-flight ion spectrometer combined with a trochoidal electron monochromator. For C₂H₂ the present data are in good agreement with the total cross sections measured previously in our laboratory using the total ion-collection method. The present measurements...

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Low-energy electron attachment to the dichlorodifluoromethane (CCl₂F₂) molecule

Graupner, K. ; Haughey, S. A. ; Field, T. A. ; Mayhew, C. A. ; Hoffmann, T. H. ; May, Olivier ; Fedor, Juraj ; Allan, Michael ; Fabrikant, Ilya I. ; Illenberger, E. ; Braun, M. ; Ruf, M.-W. ; Hotop, Hartmut

In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2010, vol. 114, no. 3, p. 1474–1484

Results from a joint experimental study of electron attachment to dichlorodifluoromethane (CCl₂F₂) molecules in the gas phase are reported. In a high resolution electron beam experiment involving two versions of the laser photoelectron attachment method, the relative cross section for formation of the dominant anion Cl⁻ was measured over the energy range 0.001−1.8 eV at the gas...

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Partial cross sections for dissociative electron attachment to tetrahydrofuran reveal a dynamics-driven rich fragmentation pattern

Janečková, Radmila ; May, Olivier ; Milosavljević, A.R. ; Fedor, Juraj

In: International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 2014, vol. 365–366, p. 163–168

We report partial absolute cross sections for dissociative electron attachment (DEA) to tetrahydrofuran C₄H₈O. The high sensitivity of the present setup, quantitative DEA spectrometer with time-of-flight analyzer, led to identification of a number of previously unreported fragments (CH₂⁻, OH⁻, CHO⁻, C₄H₅O⁻, C₃H₃⁻) thus revealing complex dissociation dynamics of the...