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Low Energy (E, 2e) Study From The 1t₂ Orbital Of Ch₄, Shenyue Xu, Hari Chaluvadi, Xueguang Ren, Thomas Pfluger, Arne Senftleben, Chuangang Ning, Shuncheng Yan, Peng Zhang, Jie Yang, Xinwen Ma, Joachim Hermann Ullrich, Don H. Madison, Alexander Dorn Jul 2012

Low Energy (E, 2e) Study From The 1t₂ Orbital Of Ch₄, Shenyue Xu, Hari Chaluvadi, Xueguang Ren, Thomas Pfluger, Arne Senftleben, Chuangang Ning, Shuncheng Yan, Peng Zhang, Jie Yang, Xinwen Ma, Joachim Hermann Ullrich, Don H. Madison, Alexander Dorn

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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 …


Low-Energy Electron-Impact Ionization Of Argon: Three-Dimensional Cross Section, Xueguang Ren, Thomas Pfluger, Joachim Hermann Ullrich, Oleg I. Zatsarinny, Klaus Bartschat, Don H. Madison, Alexander Dorn Mar 2012

Low-Energy Electron-Impact Ionization Of Argon: Three-Dimensional Cross Section, Xueguang Ren, Thomas Pfluger, Joachim Hermann Ullrich, Oleg I. Zatsarinny, Klaus Bartschat, Don H. Madison, Alexander Dorn

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Low-energy (E 0 = 70.8 eV) electron-impact single ionization of a 3p electron in argon has been studied experimentally and theoretically. Our measurements are performed using the so-called reaction microscope technique, which can cover nearly a full 4π solid angle for the emission of a secondary electron with energy below 15 eV and projectile scattering angles ranging from -8° to -30°. The measured cross sections are internormalized across all scattering angles and ejected energies. Several theoretical models were employed to predict the triple-differential cross sections (TDCSs). They include a standard distorted-wave Born approximation (DWBA), a modified version to account for …


Low Energy (E,2e) Measurements Of Ch⁴ And Neon In The Perpendicular Plane, Kate L. Nixon, Andrew James Murray, Hari Chaluvadi, Sadek Amami, Don H. Madison, Chuangang Ning Mar 2012

Low Energy (E,2e) Measurements Of Ch⁴ And Neon In The Perpendicular Plane, Kate L. Nixon, Andrew James Murray, Hari Chaluvadi, Sadek Amami, Don H. Madison, Chuangang Ning

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Low energy experimental and theoretical triple differential cross sections for the highest occupied molecular orbital of methane (1t2) and for the 2p atomic orbital of neon are presented and compared. These targets are iso-electronic, each containing 10 electrons and the chosen orbital within each target has p-electron character. Observation of the differences and similarities of the cross sections for these two species hence gives insight into the different scattering mechanisms occurring for atomic and molecular targets. The experiments used perpendicular, symmetric kinematics with outgoing electron energies between 1.5 eV and 30 eV for CH4 and 2.5 eV …


Manipulating Atomic Fragmentation Processes By Controlling The Projectile Coherence, Kisra N. Egodapitiya, Sachin D. Sharma, Ahmad Hasan, Aaron C. Laforge, Don H. Madison, Robert Moshammer, Michael Schulz Apr 2011

Manipulating Atomic Fragmentation Processes By Controlling The Projectile Coherence, Kisra N. Egodapitiya, Sachin D. Sharma, Ahmad Hasan, Aaron C. Laforge, Don H. Madison, Robert Moshammer, Michael Schulz

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We have measured the scattering angle dependence of cross sections for ionization in p+H2 collisions for a fixed projectile energy loss. Depending on the projectile coherence, interference due to indistinguishable diffraction of the projectile from the two atomic centers was either present or absent in the data. This shows that, due to the fundamentals of quantum mechanics, the preparation of the beam must be included in theoretical calculations. The results have far-reaching implications on formal atomic scattering theory because this critical aspect has been overlooked for several decades.


Tracing Multiple Scattering Patterns In Absolute (E, 2e) Cross Sections For H₂ And He Over A 4Π Solid Angle, Xueguang Ren, Arne Senftleben, Thomas Pflüger, Alexander Dorn, James Colgan, Michael S. Pindzola, Ola A. Al-Hagan, Don H. Madison, Igor Bray, Dmitry V. Fursa, Joachim Hermann Ullrich Sep 2010

Tracing Multiple Scattering Patterns In Absolute (E, 2e) Cross Sections For H₂ And He Over A 4Π Solid Angle, Xueguang Ren, Arne Senftleben, Thomas Pflüger, Alexander Dorn, James Colgan, Michael S. Pindzola, Ola A. Al-Hagan, Don H. Madison, Igor Bray, Dmitry V. Fursa, Joachim Hermann Ullrich

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Absolutely normalized (e,2e) measurements for H2 and He covering the full solid angle of one ejected electron are presented for 16 eV sum energy of both final state continuum electrons. For both targets rich cross-section structures in addition to the binary and recoil lobes are identified and studied as a function of the fixed electron's emission angle and the energy sharing among both electrons. For H2 their behavior is consistent with multiple scattering of the projectile as discussed before. For He the binary and recoil lobes are significantly larger than for H2 and partly cover the multiple …


(E,2e) Study Of Two-Center Interference Effects In The Ionization Of N₂, Leigh R. Hargreaves, Christopher J. Colyer, Mark A. Stevenson, B. Lohmann, Ola A. Al-Hagan, Don H. Madison, Chuangang Ning Dec 2009

(E,2e) Study Of Two-Center Interference Effects In The Ionization Of N₂, Leigh R. Hargreaves, Christopher J. Colyer, Mark A. Stevenson, B. Lohmann, Ola A. Al-Hagan, Don H. Madison, Chuangang Ning

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A number of previous studies have suggested the possibility of two-center interference effects in the single ionization of diatomic molecules such as H2 and N2. While interference effects have been successfully observed in the ionization of H2, to date evidence for interference in N2 ionization has yet to be conclusively demonstrated. This study presents triply differential cross sections for electron impact ionization of N2, measured using the (e,2e) technique. The data are probed for signatures of two-center interference effects. Evidence for interference manifesting in the cross sections is observed.