Dissociative electron attachment studies with hyperthermal Rydberg atoms

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dc.citation.articleNumber104303en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber10en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleThe Journal of Chemical Physicsen_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber149en_US
dc.contributor.authorBuathong, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDunning, F.B.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-01T19:40:04Zen_US
dc.date.available2018-11-01T19:40:04Zen_US
dc.date.issued2018en_US
dc.description.abstractEarlier studies of the velocity distributions of heavy-Rydberg ion-pair states formed in collisions between potassium Rydberg atoms with low-to-intermediate values of n, 10 ≲ n ≲ 15, and targets that attach free low-energy electrons have shown that such measurements can provide a window into the dynamics of dissociative electron capture. Here we propose that the reaction dynamics can be explored in much greater detail through studies using hyperthermal Rydberg atoms. This is demonstrated using, as an example, helium Rydberg atoms and a semi-classical Monte Carlo collision code developed specifically to model the dynamics of Rydberg electron transfer in collisions between Rydberg atoms and attaching targets. The simulations show that the outcome of collisions is sensitive not only to the lifetime and decay energetics of the excited intermediate negative ion formed upon initial Rydberg electron capture but also to the radial electron probability density distribution in the Rydberg atom itself, i.e., to its ℓ value.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBuathong, S. and Dunning, F.B.. "Dissociative electron attachment studies with hyperthermal Rydberg atoms." <i>The Journal of Chemical Physics,</i> 149, no. 10 (2018) AIP Publishing: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5049597.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1063/1.5049597en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/103284en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherAIP Publishingen_US
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dc.titleDissociative electron attachment studies with hyperthermal Rydberg atomsen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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