Cross Sections for Electron Attachment Resonances Peaking at Subthermal Energies
- 1 January 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 54 (1), 253-260
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1674600
Abstract
A simple procedure is described whereby both the magnitude and the energy dependence of the cross section for subthermal peaking electron attachment resonances are determined from electron swarm data alone. For an initial energy region it is shown that the attachment cross section can be approximated by , and a determination of the power of the electron energy as well as of the corresponding constant yields both the magnitude and the energy dependence of the cross section at thermal and epithermal energies. The values of [in (ergs)γ square centimeters], , and (in square centimeters) are 2.5 × 10−29, 1.12, 1.17 × 10−14; 7 × 10−34, 1.412, 2.17 × 10−15; 9.1 × 10−32, 1.148, 1 × 10−16; and 1.66 × 10−29, 1.031, 5.2 × 10−16 for sulfur hexafluoride, 1,4‐naphthoquinone, anthracene, and 1,2‐benzanthracene, respectively. The thermal value of the attachment rate for SF6 in the carrier gases N2 and C2H4 is found to be 8.7 × 109 sec−1·torr−1 and 9 × 109 sec−1·torr−1, respectively. These values are in excellent agreement with the most reliable data available which are summarized. Cross sections are reported also for SF5− at 298°K. This work demonstrates further the potential of the electron swarm method in electron attachment studies.
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