Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-28-2016

Publication Title

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Volume

145

Issue

4

First Page

044313-1

Keywords

ELECTRON-IMPACT DISSOCIATION, CROSS-SECTIONS, RYDBERG STATES, N2, MOLECULES, NITROGEN, EXCITATION, SPECTRUM

Last Page

044313-4

Abstract

Metastable N-2 molecules produced by electron impact on N2 are detected using a unique solid nitrogen matrix detector. The time-of-flight system is shown to be selectively sensitive to a(1)Pi(g) and (1)Sigma(+)(g) or (1)Gamma(g) metastable species. The latter species had been identified theoretically previously but was detected experimentally for the first time in the present investigation. Their identification and excitation as a function of electron energy from threshold to 300 eV are presented. Comparison is made with the data obtained by other techniques. Published by AIP Publishing.

DOI

10.1063/1.4959136

Funding Reference Number

NSERC

Comments

This the accepted version of an article available from the JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS http://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.4959136

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