Open AccessThe large angle scattering of electrons in gases.—II
Author(s) -
C. B. O. Mohr,
F. H. Nicoll
Publication year - 1932
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series a, containing papers of a mathematical and physical character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9150
pISSN - 0950-1207
DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1932.0196
Subject(s) - scattering , inelastic scattering , atomic physics , elastic scattering , helium , electron , argon , mott scattering , x ray raman scattering , hydrogen , physics , small angle neutron scattering , optics , nuclear physics , neutron scattering , quantum mechanics
The results of the investigation of the angular distributions of electrons scattered elastically and inelastically in helium, argon, and mercury vapour have been described in a previous paper. It was found that the inelastic angular distributions in mercury vapour and argon exhibited diffraction maxima and minima similar to those which appeared in the elastic angular distributions. Recently Tate and Palmer have investigated the elastic scattering in mercury vapour for angles of scattering between 5° and 125°, and the inelastic scattering (corresponding to a discrete energy loss) between 5° and 55°. Hughes and McMillen have measured the angular distributions of the elastic and inelastic scattering in hydrogen between 40° and 165°, and the elastic scattering in helium between 15° and 150°. These papers are also concerned with the large angle scattering of those electrons which make ionising collisions.