Laporta, V;
Schneider, IF;
Tennyson, J;
(2020)
Dissociative electron attachment cross sections for ro-vibrationally excited NO molecule and N⁻ anion formation.
Plasma Sources Science and Technology
, 29
(10)
, Article 10LT01. 10.1088/1361-6595/abbae3.
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Abstract
Motivated by the huge need for data for non-equilibrium plasma modeling, a theoretical investigation of dissociative electron attachment to the NO molecule is performed. The calculations presented here are based on the local-complex-potential approach, taking into account five NO− resonances. Three specific channels of the process are studied, including the production of excited nitrogen atoms N(2D) and of its anions N−. Interpretation of the existing experimental data and their comparison with our theoretical result are given. A full set of ro-vibrationally-resolved cross sections and the corresponding rate coefficients are reported. In particular, a relatively large cross sections for N− ion formation at low energy of the incident electron and for vibrationally excited NO target are predicted. Finally, molecular rotation effects are discussed.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Dissociative electron attachment cross sections for ro-vibrationally excited NO molecule and N⁻ anion formation |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1361-6595/abbae3 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/abbae3 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10115856 |
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