TY - JOUR
T1 - Doubly excited states of methane produced by photon and electron interactions
AU - Fukuzawa, Hironobu
AU - Odagiri, Takeshi
AU - Nakazato, Tomoharu
AU - Murata, Makoto
AU - Miyagi, Haruhide
AU - Kouchi, Noriyuki
PY - 2005/3/14
Y1 - 2005/3/14
N2 - The formation and decay of doubly excited methane in photon and electron interactions have been investigated through measuring (i) the cross sections for the emission of the Lyman-α fluorescence in the photoexcitation of CH4 as a function of incident photon energy in the range 18-51 eV and (ii) the electron-energy-loss spectrum of CH4 tagged with the Lyman-α photons at 80 eV incident electron energy and 10° electron scattering angle in the range of the energy loss 20-45 eV. Five superexcited states have been found, three of which are doubly excited states with the others being singly excited states. It has been found that the electron interaction with CH4 at 80 eV incident electron energy and 10° electron scattering angle accelerates the double excitation against the single excitation as compared with the photon interaction.
AB - The formation and decay of doubly excited methane in photon and electron interactions have been investigated through measuring (i) the cross sections for the emission of the Lyman-α fluorescence in the photoexcitation of CH4 as a function of incident photon energy in the range 18-51 eV and (ii) the electron-energy-loss spectrum of CH4 tagged with the Lyman-α photons at 80 eV incident electron energy and 10° electron scattering angle in the range of the energy loss 20-45 eV. Five superexcited states have been found, three of which are doubly excited states with the others being singly excited states. It has been found that the electron interaction with CH4 at 80 eV incident electron energy and 10° electron scattering angle accelerates the double excitation against the single excitation as compared with the photon interaction.
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U2 - 10.1088/0953-4075/38/5/008
DO - 10.1088/0953-4075/38/5/008
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:15744391686
SN - 0953-4075
VL - 38
SP - 565
EP - 578
JO - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
JF - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
IS - 5
ER -