Abstract
Single ionization of the methane (CH4) 1t2 orbital by 54 eV electron impact has been studied experimentally and theoretically. The measured triple differential cross sections cover nearly a 4π solid angle for the emission of low energy electrons and a range of projectile scattering angles. Experimental data are compared with theoretical calculations from the distorted wave Born approximation and the molecular three-body distorted wave models. It is found that theory can give a proper description of the main features of experimental cross section only at smaller scattering angles. For larger scattering angles, significant discrepancies between experiment and theory are observed. The importance of the strength of nuclear scattering from the H-nuclei was theoretically tested by reducing the distance between the carbon nuclei and the hydrogen nuclei and improved agreement with experiment was found for both the scattering plane and the perpendicular plane.
Recommended Citation
S. Xu and H. Chaluvadi and X. Ren and T. Pfluger and A. Senftleben and C. Ning and S. Yan and P. Zhang and J. Yang and X. Ma and J. H. Ullrich and D. H. Madison and A. Dorn, "Low Energy (e, 2e) Study from the 1t₂ Orbital of Ch₄," Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 137, no. 2, pp. 024301-1 - 024301-11, American Institute of Physics (AIP), Jul 2012.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4732539
Department(s)
Physics
Keywords and Phrases
Cross section; Distorted wave Born approximation; Distorted-wave models; Electron impact; Experimental data; Hydrogen nuclei; Low energies; Low energy electrons; Nuclear scattering; Perpendicular-plane; Scattering angles; Scattering plane; Single ionization; Solid angle; Theoretical calculations; Triple differential cross sections; Atomic physics; Impact ionization; Methane; carbon; hydrogen; methane
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0021-9606
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2012 American Institute of Physics (AIP), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jul 2012
