CROSS-SECTIONS OF DISSOCIATIVE EXCITATION OF SODIUM AND BROMINE ATOMSIN COLLISIONS OF SLOW-ELECTRONS WITH SODIUM-BROMIDE MOLECULES

Inelastic collisions of monoenergetic electrons with sodium bromide mo lecules were studied using extended crossed beams with the detection o f the optical signal from the collision region. The electron energy wa s up to 100 eV. It was found that dissociative excitation leads to the generation of the optical spectra of NaI, BrI, and BrII. The main fea tures of dissociative-excitation cross sections for NaI and BrII and p ossible reaction mechanisms in the range of low electron energies were discussed.