Abstract
Electron attachment to has been studied for - and - mixtures over a wide range of pressures and electric fields. It was found that , the probability of capture per cm and per mm Hg of , depends on the partial pressures of both gases in the - mixture but only on the pressure in the - mixture. The data have been interpreted in terms of an extension of the mechanism postulated by Bloch and Bradbury, and by Bates and Massey, which involves first the formation of (excited ) with subsequent collisional stabilization. On this basis estimates were made of the cross section for stabilization of by collisions with various kinds of molecules.
- Received 27 October 1958
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.114.116
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