Dissociative excitation of a cesium atom in collisions of slow electrons with CsF molecules

The method of extended intersecting beams is used for studying inelastic collisions of electrons with cesium fluoride molecules. Forty-six cross-sections for dissociative excitation of the spectral lines of a cesium atom located in the spectral region 387–825 nm were used. The behavior of the sections in the spectral series of a cesium atom is investigated, which is reflected by a power law. The values of constants that are parameters in the power-law formula are determined. Moscow Power Engineering Institute, 14, Krasnokazarmennaya St., E-250, Moscow, 105835, Russia. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 20–25, January–February, 1997.