DISTORTED WAVE CALCULATION OF ROTATIONAL EXCITATION OF N2 BY SLOW ELECTRONS.

Abstract

Rotational excitation is usually an important energy loss mechanism for low energy (< 1ev) electrons in a slightly ionized gas and can be very significant in determining its electrical properties. For N2, which is probably of greatest practical interest, there have existed some uncertainties in the value for the rotational cross section and some discrepancies between theory and experiment. This note shows that these difficulties can be resolved.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0609837

Entities

People

  • D. H. Sampson
  • R. C. Mjolsness

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cooperation
  • Electrical Properties
  • Electrons
  • Excitation
  • Gases
  • Ionized Gases
  • Uncertainty

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene