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This paper reports low-energy electron scattering with $ {{\mathrm{C}}}_{4}^{-} $ anions by using the ab initio R -matrix method in the single state close-coupling (CC) model and the fixed-nuclei approximation. We predict the elastic integral scattering cross sections (ICSs) of four conformers of $ {{\mathrm{C}}}_{4}^{-} $ ions in an energy range of 0 < E ≤12 eV and discuss the effects of configuration changes on resonance position and width. Additionally, the theoretical results and experimental data are compared and analyzed. The results indicate that the 8.8 eV resonance peak observed in experiment is mainly derived from the $ {{{\Sigma }}}_{{\mathrm{u}}}^{+} $ and $ {{{\Sigma }}}_{{\mathrm{u}}}^{-} $ resonances of the conformer A and the A2 resonance of the conformer C. The scattering cross-section reveals that the conformer A has five resonant states, and the conformer B has three resonances, while C and D each have four resonances. Finally, we use the Boltzmann distribution to calculate the populations of different conformers at different temperatures, and simulate the low-energy electron elastic integrated scattering cross-section at room temperature, which is in good agreement with available experimental results. We also find a shape resonance with a width of 0.20 eV at 3.3 eV in our total cross sections, which is not detected in the existing experimental results. This provides new opportunities for measurement.
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Keywords:
- electron scattering /
- conformers of $ {{\mathrm{C}}}_{4}^{-} $ ions /
- R-matrix method /
- resonance /
- cross section
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图 1 $ {{\mathrm{C}}}_{4}^{-} $离子的四种异构体和相对能量(单位eV) (a) 异构体A (2Πg) 0.00; (b) 异构体B (2Σg) +1.09; (c) 异构体C (2B1) +1.36; (d) 异构体D (2B2g) +1.39; 使用的方法是CCSD(T), 基组为aug-cc-pVQZ
Figure 1. Four conformers of $ {{\mathrm{C}}}_{4}^{-} $ anion and there relative energy (In unit of eV): (a) Conformer A (2Πg) 0.00; (b) conformer B (2Σg) +1.09; (c) conformer C (2B1) +1.36; (d) conformer D (2B2g) +1.39. The theoretical method is CCSD(T) and the basis set is aug-cc-pVQZ.
图 3 $ {{\mathrm{C}}}_{4}^{-} $离子异构体A的低能弹性积分散射截面 (a) 不同基组的CC单态散射截面; (b) SEP, CC单态模型的散射截面. 方框为Fritioff等获得的实验数据
Figure 3. Low energy elastic integral cross section of the conformer A of $ {{\mathrm{C}}}_{4}^{-} $: (a) The cross sections of single state CC model with four different basis sets; (b) the cross sections of SEP and single state CC models. The experimental data obtained by Fritioff et al. is also shown.
表 1 $ {{\mathrm{C}}}_{4}^{-} $异构体A的键长
Table 1. Bond length of conformer A of $ {{\mathrm{C}}}_{4}^{-} $.
表 2 $ {{\mathrm{C}}}_{4}^{-} $的异构体A的共振位置和宽度
Table 2. Resonance position and width of conformer A of $ {{\mathrm{C}}}_{4}^{-} $.
State Position/eV Width/eV $ {{{\Sigma }}}_{{\mathrm{g}}}^{+}/ $Ag 3.3 0.20 $ {{{\Sigma }}}_{{\mathrm{u}}}^{+}/ $B1u 8.8 0.75 $ {{{\Sigma }}}_{{\mathrm{u}}}^{-}/ $Au 9.1 1.99 $ {{{\Pi }}}_{{\mathrm{u}}}/ $B2u+B3u 10.1 0.15 $ {{{\Pi }}}_{{\mathrm{g}}}/ $B2g+B3g 10.4 0.15 表 3 $ {{\mathrm{C}}}_{4}^{-} $的异构体B的共振位置和宽度
Table 3. Resonance position and width of conformer B of $ {{\mathrm{C}}}_{4}^{-} $.
State Position/eV Width/eV $ {{{\Sigma }}}_{{\mathrm{g}}}^{+}/ $Ag 2.1 0.23 $ {{{\Pi }}}_{{\mathrm{u}}}/ $B2u+B3u 9.6 2.2 $ {{{\Pi }}}_{{\mathrm{g}}}/ $B2g+B3g 10.1 0.14 表 4 $ {\rm C}_{4}^{-}$ 的异构体C的共振位置和宽度
Table 4. Resonance position and width of conformer C of $ {{\mathrm{C}}}_{4}^{-} $.
State Position/eV Width/eV A1 4.7 0.42 A2 8.6 1.36 B2 10.6 3.23 A1 11.0 0.56 表 5 $ {{\mathrm{C}}}_{4}^{-} $的异构体D的共振位置和宽度
Table 5. Resonance position and width of the conformer D of $ {{\mathrm{C}}}_{4}^{-} $.
State Position/eV Width/eV B1g 5.76 0.47 Ag 6.0 0.14 Ag 9.2 5.20 B1u 11.0 1.80 表 6 $ {{\mathrm{C}}}_{4}^{-} $四种异构体随温度变化的百分比
Table 6. Proportions of the four conformers vary with temperature.
异构体 温度T /K 100 200 298.15 400 800 1500 3000 10000 A 99.43 89.00 74.15 62.50 42.79 33.93 29.27 26.24 B 0.38 5.51 11.47 15.55 21.34 23.41 24.31 24.82 C 0.11 2.92 7.49 11.32 18.21 21.51 23.31 24.50 D 0.08 2.58 6.89 10.63 17.65 21.15 23.11 24.44 -
[1] Douglas A E 1977 Nature 269 130
Google Scholar
[2] Gerhardt P, Loffler S, Homann K H 1987 Chem. Phys. Lett. 137 306
Google Scholar
[3] Bernath P F, Hinkle K H, Keady J J 1989 Symp. Int. Combust. 244 562
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[4] Tulej M, Kirkwood D A, Pachkov M, Maier J P 1998 Astrophys. J 506 69
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[5] Helden G V, Hsu M T, Kemper P R, Bowers M T 1991 J. Chem. Phys 95 3835
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[6] Helden G V, Kemper P R, Gotts N G, Bowers M T 1993 Science 259 1300
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[7] Helden G V, Hsu M T, Gotts N G, Bowers M T 1993 Chem. Phys. Lett 97 8182
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[8] Gotts N G, Helden G V, Bowers M T 1995 Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processes 149-150 217
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[9] Giuffreda M G, Deleuze M S, François J P 2002 J. Chem. Phys. 106 8569
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[10] Adamowicz L 1991 Chem. Phys. 156 387
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[11] Schmatz S, Botschwina P 1995 Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processes 149 621
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[13] Padellec A L, Rabilloud F, Pegg D, Neau A, Hellberg F, Thomas R D, Schmidt H T, Larsson M, Danared H, Kallberg A, Andersson K, Hanstorp D 2001 J. Chem. Phys. 115 10671
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[14] Fritioff K, Sandström J, Andersson P, Hanstorp D, Hellberg F, Thomas R, Larsson M, Österdahl F, Collins G F, Le Padellec A, Pegg D J, Gibson N D, Danared H, Källberg A 2004 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 37 2241
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[15] Morgan L A, Gillan C J, Tennyson J, Chen X 1997 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 30 4087
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[16] Morgan, L A, Tennyson J, Gillan C J 1998 Comput. Phys. Commun. 114 120
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[17] Mašín Z, Benda J, Gorfinkiel J D, Harvey A G, Tennyson J, 2020 Comput. Phys. Commun. 249 107092
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[18] Tennyson J 2010 Phys. Rep. 491 29
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[19] Carr J M, Galiatsatos P G, Gorfinkiel J D, Harvey A G, Lysaght M A, Madden D, Mašín Z, Plummer M, Tennyson J, Varambhia H N 2012 Eur. Phys J. D 66 58
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[20] Watts J D, Gauss J, Stanton J F, Bartlett R J 1992 J. Chem. Phys. 97 8372
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[21] Takeshi Y, Tew D P, Handy N C 2004 Chem. Phys. Lett. 393 51
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[22] Tirado-Rives J, Jorgensen W L 2008 J. Chem. Theory Comput. 4 297
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[23] Andersson M P, Uvdal P 2005 J. Phys. Chem. A 109 2937
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