Université de Fribourg

Absolute angle-differential cross sections for electron-impact excitation of neon within the first 3.5 eV above threshold

Allan, Michael ; Franz, K. ; Hotop, H. ; Zatsarinny, O. ; Bartschat, K.

In: Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 2009, vol. 42, no. 4, p. 044009

Absolute angle-differential cross sections for excitation of neon atoms to the four 2p⁵3s and to selected 2p⁵3p levels have been determined as a function of electron energy up to 3.5 eV above threshold at the scattering angles of 0°, 45°, 90°, 135° and 180°. In addition, the cross sections were recorded as function of scattering angle from 0° to 180° at 18 eV for the 2p⁵3s levels and...

Université de Fribourg

Low-lying resonances in electron-argon scattering: Measurements at 5-meV resolution and comparison with theory

Franz, K. ; Hoffmann, T. H. ; Bömmels, J. ; Gopalan, A. ; Sauter, G. ; Meyer, W. ; Allan, Michael ; Ruf, M.-W. ; Hotop, H.

In: Physical Review A, 2008, vol. 78, no. 1, p. 012712

Combining a laser photoelectron source with a triply differentially pumped supersonic beam target and several electron multipliers for simultaneous detection of electrons elastically scattered into the angles 22.5°, 45°, 90°, 112.5°, and 135° and of metastable atoms due to inelastic scattering, we have carried out an improved study of electron-argon scattering over the energy range...

Université de Fribourg

Resonance structure in low-energy electron scattering from OCS

Hoffmann, T. H. ; Hotop, H. ; Allan, Michael

In: Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 2008, vol. 41, no. 9, p. 195202

Energy-dependent absolute angle-differential cross sections (θ = 135°) for elastic and vibrationally inelastic electron scattering from OCS molecules have been investigated at high resolution (13 meV). The elastic cross section, reported over the range E= 0.06–20 eV, exhibits a deep Ramsauer–Townsend minimum near 0.55 eV and the π*(1.2 eV) and σ*(3.8 eV) resonances known from...