title: A momentum imaging microscope for dissociative electron attachment.
abstract: We describe an experimental approach to image the three-dimensional (3D) momentum distribution of the negative ions arising from dissociative electron attachment (DEA). The experimental apparatus employs a low energy pulsed electron gun, an effusive gas source and a 4π solid-angle ion momentum imaging spectrometer consisting of a pulsed ion extraction field, an electrostatic lens, and a time- and position-sensitive detector. The time-of-flight and impact position of each negative ion are measured event by event in order to image the full 3D ion momentum sphere. The system performance is tested by measuring the anion momentum distributions from two DEA resonances, namely H(-) from H(2)O(-) ((2)B(1)) and O(-) from O(2)(-) ((2)Π(u)). The results are compared with existing experimental and theoretical data.
authors.affiliation: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Chemical Sciences, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Adaniya
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Slaughter
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Osipov
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Belkacem