The dissociative excitation of doublet and sextet manganese atom levels in collisions of electrons with manganese dibromide molecules

Inelastic collisions of electrons with manganese dibromide molecules were studied by the method of extended crossing beams. These collisions cause the formation of excited manganese atoms in doublet and sextet states. At an exciting electron energy of 100 eV, 52 dissociative excitation cross sections were measured. At electron energies 0–100 eV, three optical excitation functions were recorded. The ratio between excitation cross sections in electron-molecular and electron-atomic collisions is considered.