ON THE COLLISIONAL EXCITATION OF N2 BY SLOW MOLECULAR-IONS

Authors
KRISHNAMURTHY M MATHUR D
Citation
M. Krishnamurthy et D. Mathur, ON THE COLLISIONAL EXCITATION OF N2 BY SLOW MOLECULAR-IONS, International journal of mass spectrometry and ion processes, 132(1-2), 1994, pp. 137-141
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy,"Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
International journal of mass spectrometry and ion processes → ACNP
ISSN journal
01681176
Volume
132
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
137 - 141
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-1176(1994)132:1-2<137:OTCEON>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
High resolution translational energy spectrometry has been applied to study excitation of N2 molecules in 1.8 keV collisions with H-2+, N2+, CO+, CO+, O2+ and CS2+ projectiles. Excitation to optically-forbidden N2 electronic states A 3SIGMA(u)+. B 3PI(g), B' 3SIGMA(u)- and a' 1SI GMA(u)- is observed and compared with computed transition probabilitie s. The cross section for excitation to these states is found to be sen sitively dependent on whether the projectile ion is in a 2SIGMA+ state or a 2PI state.