Masashi Kitajima1, Ryoji Suzuki1, Hiroshi Tanaka1, Lukáš Pichl2, Hyuck Cho 3
1Department of Physics, Sophia University, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan ,
2Department of Computer Software, The University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu 965-8580, Japan,
3Physics Department, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-704, Korea
A systematic analysis of the absolute differential cross sections (DCSs) for electron scattering by halogen-containing molecules CF3X (X = H, F, Cl, Br, I) has been performed with impact energy and scattering angle ranging from 1.5 to 100 eV and 15 to 130°, respectively. Three of the results of these experiments are described in the present report. Firstly, a clear difference is demonstrated in the elastic-scattering cross section angular distributions of polar and nonpolar molecules with the substitution of one of the F atoms in CF4 for a H, Cl, Br or I atom. Secondly, vibrational excitation spectra of the unresolved composite modes (mainly CF3 stretching) for CF3X reveal a common broad structure in the region from 7 to 9 eV due to shape resonance. The third result presented is the observation of a low-lying electronic state of CF3Cl, CF3Br, and CF3I. This feature is enhanced at lower incident energies and larger scattering angles. Also discussed are some preliminary results on the formation of negative and neutral fragments from SiF4 and CH4 by electron impact.