Transitions between the 2Pi1/2 and 2Pi3/2 spin-orbit components of NO induced by impact of slow electrons.
The electron impact cross section for the transition between the 2Pi1/2 and 2Pi3/2 spin-orbit components of the ground electronic term of nitric oxide, separated by 15 meV, has been measured as a function of electron energy at a scattering angle of theta = 135 degrees. It is dominated by the 3Sigma- and the 1Delta resonances. Its magnitude is very large, at peak about equal to that of the elastic cross section. The elastic cross sections for the two components have also been determined.
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Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.