ELASTIC ELECTRON-SCATTERING FROM CH3I MOLECULES ORIENTED IN THE GAS-PHASE

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作者
VOLKMER, M
MEIER, C
MIHILL, A
FINK, M
BOWERING, N
机构
[1] LOUISIANA STATE UNIV,CAMD,BATON ROUGE,LA 70803
[2] UNIV TEXAS,DEPT PHYS,AUSTIN,TX 78712
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.2289
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
A-novel experiment on elastic electron scattering from free, spatially oriented molecules has been performed. CH3I molecules state selected by an electrostatic hexapole lens were oriented in a homogeneous electric field. The differential scattering cross sections were measured at an electron energy of 1 keV in the angular range of 4-degrees - 14-degrees with the orientation switched on and off. From these data the orientation-dependent contribution to the molecular interference was determined. The results show a distinct oscillatory pattern as a function of momentum transfer as predicted by theory.
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