Scattering of alkali halides by electrons. I. CsF

Abstract
The scattering of CsF by 0.69–6.81 eV electrons has been measured with the molecular beam recoil technique. A novel kinematic analysis is used to fit center of mass differential cross section models to the data. Absolute total cross sections determined in this fashion are a factor of 2 smaller than first Born approximation predictions at low energies. Absolute momentum transfer cross sections are an order of magnitude smaller than theory.