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Experimental and theoretical investigation of the triple differential cross section for electron impact ionization of pyrimidine molecules

Source: J. Chem. Phys. 136, 024304 (2012); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3675167

Published 9 January 2012

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Keywords
PACS
  • 34.80.Gs
    Molecular excitation and ionization by electron/positron impact
  • 87.15.-v
    Biomolecules: structure and physical properties
  • 36.20.-r
    Macromolecules and polymer molecules
  • YEAR: 2011
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J. D. Builth-Williams,1 S. M. Bellm,1 D. B. Jones,1 Hari Chaluvadi,2 D. H. Madison,2 C. G. Ning,3 B. Lohmann,4 and M. J. Brunger1,5
1ARC Centre of Excellence for Antimatter-Matter Studies, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia
2Department of Physics, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409, USA
3Department of Physics and Key Laboratory of Atomic and Molecular NanoSciences of MOE, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
4University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, Queensland 4558, Australia
5Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Cross-section data for electron impact induced ionization of bio-molecules are important for modelling the deposition of energy within a biological medium and for gaining knowledge of electron driven processes at the molecular level. Triply differential cross sections have been measured for the electron impact ionization of the outer valence 7b2 and 10a1 orbitals of pyrimidine, using the (e, 2e) technique. The measurements have been performed with coplanar asymmetric kinematics, at an incident electron energy of 250 eV and ejected electron energy of 20 eV, for scattered electron angles of −5°, −10°, and −15°. The ejected electron angular range encompasses both the binary and recoil peaks in the triple differential cross section. Corresponding theoretical calculations have been performed using the molecular 3-body distorted wave model and are in reasonably good agreement with the present experiment. ©2012 American Institute of Physics
History: Received 14 November 2011; accepted 14 December 2011; published 9 January 2012
Digital Object Identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3675167

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