https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/s10053-023-00602-y
Regular Article – Atomic and Molecular Collisions
Spectral electron energy map of electron impact induced emission of nitrogen
Department of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
Received:
1
December
2022
Accepted:
19
January
2023
Published online:
8
February
2023
The processes of electron impact induced fluorescence of nitrogen were studied in the electron energy range from 6 to 100 eV and in the spectral range from 330 to 1030 nm. Using the new CCD camera a Spectral Electron Energy Map of N2 was obtained. This type of data for such a wide spectral and energy range are published for the first time. The most intensive molecular emission bands were neutral nitrogen First positive system N2 (B3Πg − A3∑u+) and Second positive system N2 (C3Πu − B3Πg), First negative system N2+ (B2∑u+ − X2∑g+) and Meinel system N2+ (A2Πu − X2∑g+). The detected lower intensity transitions were Gaydon-Herman singlet system N2 (1Σu+ − a1Πg / 1Πu+ − a1Πg) and Gaydon-Green system N2 (H3Φu − G3Δg). In addition, processes of dissociative excitation and ionisation were observed, resulting in the photon emission from the neutral and singly ionised nitrogen atoms. The provided Spectral Electron Energy Map allows extraction of (i) electron energy resolved emission spectra of N2 and determination of the absolute values of excitation-emission cross sections, (ii) excitation-emission functions for any of the molecular bands or atomic lines present in the spectra.
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