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Published August 18, 2015 | Version public
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Low-energy elastic electron scattering from chloromethane, CH_3Cl

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  • 1. ROR icon California State University, Fullerton
  • 2. ROR icon Nicolaus Copernicus University
  • 3. ROR icon California Institute of Technology

Abstract

We report theoretical as well as (normalized) experimental differential and integral cross sections for vibrationally elastic scattering of low-energy electrons from chloromethane, CH_3Cl, also known as methyl chloride. The theoretical cross sections were computed using the Schwinger multichannel variational method in the single-channel approximation, with polarization effects included via virtual excitations. Cross section measurements were made at incident energies ranging from 0.5 to 100 eV and at scattering angles from 5° to 125°. We compare our data to earlier previous results for this molecule.

Additional Information

© 2015 IOP Publishing Ltd. Received 8 April 2015, revised 15 July 2015; Accepted for publication 24 July 2015; Published 18 August 2015. M A K and L R H acknowledge support from National Science Foundation research grants NSF-RUI-AMO 1306742 and 0968874. K F acknowledges the Fulbright Program for a fellowship to conduct this work at California State University, Fullerton. This material is based in part upon work by V M and C W supported by the US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division, under Award Number DE-FG02-97ER14814. V M and C W acknowledge use of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Supercomputing and Visualization Facility.

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Alternative title
Low-energy elastic electron scattering from chloromethane, CH3Cl

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Eprint ID
60688
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CaltechAUTHORS:20151001-105448430

Funding

NSF
1306742
NSF
0968874
Fulbright Foundation
Department of Energy (DOE)
DE-FG02-97ER14814

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2015-10-01
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2022-07-12
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