Cross section for the production of N2
+ (X2Σg
+) ions by electron impact on N2

N. Abramzon; R. B. Siegel; K. Becker

doi:10.1016/S1387-3806(99)00018-4

Cross section for the production of N₂ ⁺ (X²Σ_g ⁺) ions by electron impact on N₂

N. Abramzon, R. B. Siegel, K. Becker

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Abstract

A combination of electron scattering and laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) techniques has been employed in the direct experimental determination of the N₂⁺ (X²Σ_g⁺) ionizati on cross section as a function of electron energy from threshold to 200 eV. Electron impact on N₂ produces N₂⁺ ground-state ions that are detected by pumping the X ²Σ_g⁺ → B ²Σ_u⁺ + (0,0) vibrational transition at 391 nm with a tunable dye laser and detecting the subsequent LIF of the B ²Σ_u⁺ → X ²Σ_g⁺ (0,1) vibrational transition at 428 nm. LlF spectra obtained at different electron energies yield the relative N₂⁺(X) cross section which is put on an absolute scale by normalization to the absolute cross section value of Doering and Yang [J. Geophys. Res. 102 (1996) 9683] obtained from electron-electron coincidence(e,2e) experiments at 100 eV.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	147-153
Number of pages	7
Journal	International Journal of Mass Spectrometry
Volume	188
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1387-3806(99)00018-4
State	Published - 1999

Keywords

Cross sections
Electron-impact ionization
Laser-induced fluorescence

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Instrumentation
Condensed Matter Physics
Spectroscopy
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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