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This contribution briefly describes recent (and sometimes preliminary) experiments addressing selected aspects of electron-polyatomic molecule scattering, emphasising work done in Fribourg.
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Allan, M. (1994). Recent Experiments on Electron-Polyatomic Molecule Scattering. In: Ehrhardt, H., Morgan, L.A. (eds) Electron Collisions with Molecules, Clusters, and Surfaces. Physics of Atoms and Molecules. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1489-7_8
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