Giant resonances in cold electron scattering by CS(2).
Experimental data are presented for the scattering of cold electrons by CS2, for both integral and backward scattering, between a few meV and a few hundred meV impact energy. Giant resonances with cross sections in excess of 50 A(2) are observed below 100 meV, associated with the transient formation of CS(-)(2) at 15 meV and with the bend and symmetric stretch of CS(2) at thresholds of 49 and 82 meV, respectively. The resonance at 49 meV is 2 orders of magnitude greater in cross section than a dipole impulsive model predicts. These structures are superimposed on a sharp rise in the scattering cross section at low energy, which may be attributed to virtual state scattering.
Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
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