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Molecules

2019

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A Dynamical (E,2e) Investigation Into The Ionization Of The Outermost Orbitals Of R-Carvone, D. B. Jones, E. Ali, C. G. Ning, F. Ferreira Da Silva, O. Ingolfsson, M. C. A. Lopes, H. S. Chakraborty, Don H. Madison, M. J. Brunger Sep 2019

A Dynamical (E,2e) Investigation Into The Ionization Of The Outermost Orbitals Of R-Carvone, D. B. Jones, E. Ali, C. G. Ning, F. Ferreira Da Silva, O. Ingolfsson, M. C. A. Lopes, H. S. Chakraborty, Don H. Madison, M. J. Brunger

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We report an experimental and theoretical investigation into the dynamics of electron-impact ionization of R-carvone. Experimental triple differential cross sections are obtained in asymmetric coplanar kinematic conditions for the ionization of the unresolved combination of the three outermost molecular orbitals (41a-39a) of R-carvone. These cross sections are compared with theoretical cross sections calculated within a molecular 3-body distorted wave (M3DW) framework employing either a proper orientation average or orbital average to account for the random orientation of the molecule probed in the experiment. Here, we observe that the overall scattering behavior observed in the experiment is fairly well reproduced within …


Multicenter Distorted-Wave Approach For Electron-Impact Ionization Of Molecules, Esam Ali, Don H. Madison Jul 2019

Multicenter Distorted-Wave Approach For Electron-Impact Ionization Of Molecules, Esam Ali, Don H. Madison

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We have previously used the molecular three-body distorted-wave model to examine electron-impact single ionization of molecules. One of the possible weaknesses of this approach lies in the fact that the continuum electron wave functions do not depend on the orientation of the molecule. Here we introduce a model called the multicenter molecular three-body distorted-wave (MCM3DW) approach, for which the continuum electron wave functions depend on the orientation of the molecule at the time of ionization. The MCM3DW results are compared with experimental data taken from work by Dorn and colleagues [Ren, Phys. Rev. A 91, 032707 (2015)10.1103/PhysRevA.91.032707; Phys. Rev. A …


Low Energy Electron And Positron Impact Differential Cross Sections For The Ionization Of Water Molecules In The Coplanar And Perpendicular Kinematics, P. Singh, G. Purohit, C. Champion, D. Sebilleau, Don H. Madison Feb 2019

Low Energy Electron And Positron Impact Differential Cross Sections For The Ionization Of Water Molecules In The Coplanar And Perpendicular Kinematics, P. Singh, G. Purohit, C. Champion, D. Sebilleau, Don H. Madison

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We report here triply differential cross sections (TDCSs) for 81 eV electron and positron-impact ionization of the combined (1b1 + 3a1 ) orbitals of the water molecule by using the second-order distorted wave Born approximation (DWBA2) for ejection electron and positron energies of 5 eV and 10 eV and different momentum transfer conditions. The electron-impact TDCS will be compared with the experimental data measured by Ren et al. [Phys. Rev. A 95, 022701 (2017)] and with the molecular 3-body distorted wave (M3DW) approximation results in the scattering plane as well as the perpendicular plane. The DWBA2 results are …