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Calculated electron impact ionisation fragmentation patterns

Graves, V; Cooper, B; Tennyson, J; (2021) Calculated electron impact ionisation fragmentation patterns. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics , 54 (23) , Article 235203. 10.1088/1361-6455/ac42db. Green open access

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Abstract

There are many measurements and calculations of total electron impact ionisation cross sections. However, many applications, particularly in plasma physics, also require fragmentation patterns. Approximate methods of deducing partial cross sections are tested based on the use of total cross section computed within the well-used Binary Encounter Bethe (BEB) approximation. Partial ionisation cross sections for three series of molecules including CH$_4$, CF$_4$ and CCl$_4$; SiH$_4$ and SiCl$_4$; NH$_3$ and PH$_3$, were estimated using two methods. Method one is semi-empirical and uses mass spectroscopy data to fix the partial cross sections at a single electron energy. The second is a a fully computational method proposed by Huber {\it et al.} (2019, J. Chem. Phys., 150, 024306). Comparisons with experimental results suggest that the mass spectroscopy method is more accurate. However, as Huber's method requires no experimental input, this method could be used as a first approximation when no experimental data is available. As mass spectroscopy sometimes provides incomplete datasets, a hybrid method based on the use of both methods is also explored.

Type: Article
Title: Calculated electron impact ionisation fragmentation patterns
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6455/ac42db
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/ac42db
Language: English
Additional information: Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI.
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10140924
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