Dissociative excitation of odd quintet levels of the iron atom by collisions of electrons with iron dichloride molecules

Abstract

The dissociative excitation of odd quintet levels of the iron atom by collisions of slow electrons with iron dichloride molecules was studied using the method of extended crossing beams. Fifty-five dissociative excitation cross sections were measured at an excitation electron energy of 100 eV. Five optical excitation functions were recorded over an electron energy range from 0 to 100 eV. Some tendencies in the behavior of dissociative excitation cross sections were discussed.