ISSN:
1089-7690
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
We have measured the electron impact emission cross sections for CH4 and C2H2 at 200 eV in a crossed beam laboratory system. Included in the study are all vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) emission features from 40 to 200 nm. The features are entirely from the atomic dissociation fragments (C i, C ii, and H). The Lyman series of H is observed to truncate near principal quantum number n=10 due to the long lifetime and to the high kinetic energy of the excited H fragments. The threshold region of the excitation functions has been measured at an energy resolution of 0.2–1.0 eV for the Lyman-α and Lyman-β transitions of H and C i (165.7, 193.1 nm) multiplets; and several distinct appearance potentials (AP) have been detected. For example, appearance potentials of Lyman-α from dissociation of CH4 and C2H2 are noted at several energies, including the first observations of a Lyman-α AP from C2H2 at 16.3 eV.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.452077
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