Detection and measurement of ro-vibrational populations in molecular hydrogen
- 1 October 1990
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Measurement Science and Technology
- Vol. 1 (10) , 1041-1046
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/1/10/008
Abstract
A technique has been developed for measuring ro-vibrational populations in H2 and its isotopes based on the observation of near-zero energy H- (D-) yields produced by the dissociative attachment process when a low energy electron beam interacts with the gas molecules. The method is sensitive in H2 to a number density of molecules of 1011 cm-3 for the v=0 level and rises to 5*105 cm-3 for high levels (v>5). In principle the maximum level that can be detected using this technique is v=9 for H2, v=10 for HD and v=13 for D2.Keywords
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