Symul, MilicaPanajotovic, RadmilaBuckman, Stephen2009-08-252010-12-202009-08-252010-12-20Physical Review Letters 90.20 (2003): 203201/1-40031-90071079-7114http://hdl.handle.net/10440/760http://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/10440/760Absolute measurements of elastic scattering and vibrational excitation of the NO molecule by low energy electron impact (0.4–2.5 eV) are presented. They show that previous estimates of these cross sections may be in error by as much as a factor of 3 and provide compelling evidence for a reassessment of the balance between elastic scattering and vibrational excitation at incident energies below 2 eV. They also confirm the critical contribution that intermediate negative ion resonances (NO ) make to the various scattering processes for this molecule at low incident energies4 pageshttp://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/index.php "Author can archive pre-print (ie pre-refereeing) … post-print (ie final draft post-refereeing) … [and] publisher's version/PDF. Link to publisher version … [and] Copyright notice required. Publisher's version/PDF can be used on … employers web site." - from SHERPA/RoMEO site (as at 25/02/10). ©2003 The American Physical SocietyKeywords: Electron beams; Electron scattering; Ions; Molecular vibrations; Numerical methods; Spectrometers; Collision cross sections; Elastic scattering; Low energy electron scattering; Vibrational excitation; Oxides2003-05-2010.1186/1756-0500-1-262015-12-12