DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT OF RO-VIBRATIONAL POPULATIONS IN MOLECULAR-HYDROGEN

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作者
POPOVIC, D [1 ]
CADEZ, I [1 ]
LANDAU, M [1 ]
PICHOU, F [1 ]
SCHERMANN, C [1 ]
HALL, RI [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV PARIS 06, DYNAM MOLEC & ATOM LAB, 75252 PARIS 05, FRANCE
关键词
Electron Beams - Isotopes - Molecules;
D O I
10.1088/0957-0233/1/10/008
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T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
A technique has been developed for measuring ro-vibrational populations in H2 and its isotopes based on the observation of near-zero energy H- (D-) yields produced by the dissociative attachment process when a low energy electron beam interacts with the gas molecules. The method is sensitive in H2 to a number density of molecules of 10 11 cm-3 for the v=0 level and rises to 5*10 5 cm-3 for high levels (v>5). In principle the maximum level that can be detected using this technique is v=9 for H2, v=10 for HD and v=13 for D2.
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页码:1041 / 1046
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