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Low energy differential elastic electron scattering from acetonitrile (CH3CN)
1Department of Physics, California State University, Fullerton, California 92831, USA.
Abstract:
Measurements of elastic differential cross sections for electron scattering from acetonitrile (CH3CN) have been performed utilizing a crossed electron-molecular beam experiment and with the relative flow method, for the incident electron energy range of 0.7 eV-30 eV and the scattering angle range of 10°-130°. These differential cross sections have been used to calculate the elastic integral and momentum-transfer cross sections, revealing a π * resonance located around 3 eV. The elastic differential cross sections are compared with available theoretical models using the R-matrix method and the Schwinger multichannel method.
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