Electron thermalization distance distribution in liquid carbon monoxide: electron capture

Electron thermalization in X irradiated liquid CO is truncated by electron capture to form an anion, as it is in liquid N2. The thermalization distance distribution in these two liquids is a modified exponential, rather than the modified Gaussian obtained in liquid hydrocarbons where electron capture does not occur. The density normalized distance parameter bEPd in CO was constant, 2.8 × 10−6 kg/m2, at densities [Formula: see text], but increased somewhat at lower densities, reaching 3.3 × 10−6 kg/m2 at d/dc = 1.4. The thermalization distances in CO are about two thirds those in N2 at the same density. Electrons are captured more readily by CO than by N2.