dr hab. Tomasz Wąsowicz | Gdańsk University of Technology

Optical spectroscopic studies of furan molecules (C4H4O) impinged by dihydrogen cations (H2 +) were for the first time performed employing collision induced emission spectroscopy at ions incident energy range of 25–1000 eV corresponding to the velocities from 49 to 311 km/s. The recorded spectra reveal strong luminescence of atomic hydrogen Balmer lines whose intensities weaken with rising principal quantum number n. The spectra...

The interactions of electrons with molecular systems under various conditions are essential to interdisciplinary research fields extending over the fundamental and applied sciences. In particular, investigating electron-induced ionization and dissociation of molecules may shed light on the radiation damage to living cells, the physicochemical processes in interstellar environments, and reaction mechanisms occurring in combustion...

The electron-impact dissociative ionization of pyridine has been investigated using mass spectrometry. Thirty-two well-resolved mass peaks have been identified in the cation mass spectra and assigned to the most likely ionic molecular fragments. The new sixteen ionic fragments' appearance energies have been determined, and sixteen others remeasured. The total cross-section for electron-impact ionization of pyridine has been measured...

Collisions of photons and charged particles with molecules lead to their excitation, ionization, and dissociation into neutral and ionized fragments. Accurately determining thresholds of the formation of particular products plays a vital role in analyzing processes occurring during these interactions. Therefore, we present a computer program, “ThreSpect,” that allows calculating threshold energies of various species generated in...