Observation of vibrationally excited nitrogen with a simplified electron transmission apparatus

Authors

J.A. Michejda, Department of Engineering and Applied Science, Mason Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Paul Burrow, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

June 1976

Comments

Published by American Institute of Physics. J. Appl. Phys. 47, 2780 (1976). © 1976 American Institute of Physics. Permission to use. http://jap.aip.org/jap/.

Abstract

A simple electron transmission apparatus is used to observe vibrationally excited N₂ in the first two vibrational levels. The method is based on the pronounced peaks appearing in the total electron scattering cross section in the range of energy 2–4 eV. Because of the wide spacing between these peaks, good energy resolution is not required and measurements can be performed without an electron monochromator.