Electron-Impact Excitation of Carbon Monoxide Near Threshold in the 1.5- to 3-eV Incident Energy Range

19 May 1969

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 22 (20) , 1034-1036
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.22.1034

Abstract

A low-energy excitation process in CO at approximately 2.3 eV is investigated near threshold by a trapped-electron method. Structure has been observed in this excitation for the first time. An upper limit to the electron affinity of CO is established at -1.8 ± 0.1 eV.

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