Dissociative Electron Attachment to Polyatomic Molecules - IV : Methane
Chemical Physics
2010-07-30 v1
Abstract
In this paper, we discuss the dissociative electron attachment process in Methane. Kinetic energy and angular distributions of H^{-} and CH_{2}^{-} fragment anions across the broad resonance about 10 eV is reported. Angular distribution of H^{-} ions changes from being perpendicular to forward-backward scattering across the resonance. Possibility of Jahn-Teller effect on excitation of the triply degenerate 1t2 molecular orbital is inferred.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1007.5167,
title = {Dissociative Electron Attachment to Polyatomic Molecules - IV : Methane},
author = {N. Bhargava Ram and E. Krishnakumar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.5167},
year = {2010}
}
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14 pages, 8 figures