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Energy of the quasi-free electron in H2, D2, and O2: Probing intermolecular potentials within the local Wigner-Seitz
C M Evans1, Kamil Krynski1, Zachary Streeter2
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Queens College - CUNY, Flushing, New York 11367, USA.
Abstract:
We present for the first time the quasi-free electron energy V0(ρ) for H2, D2, and O2 from gas to liquid densities, on noncritical isotherms and on a near critical isotherm in each fluid. These data illustrate the ability of field enhanced photoemission (FEP) to determine V0(ρ) accurately in strongly absorbing fluids (e.g., O2) and fluids with extremely low critical temperatures (e.g., H2 and D2). We also show that the isotropic local Wigner-Seitz model for V0(ρ)--when coupled with thermodynamic data for the fluid--can yield optimized parameters for intermolecular potentials, as well as zero kinetic energy electron scattering lengths.
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