AB Initio Studies of Electron and Positron Scattering from Non-Linear Molecules.

Abstract

During a period of three years, several important developments and calculations were made on the electron-molecule scattering. We presented rotationally elastic, inelastic and summed cross sections for electron scattering with several polyatomic molecules (CH4, SiH4, GeH4, H2O, H2S and NH3) in a highly sophisticated close-coupling non-empirical theory. Exchange effects were included exactly, while polarization corrections were considered approximately but without involving any fitting parameter. Results were compared with measurements where such data were available. No previous theoretical investigation is available on these molecules in such detail and energy range. (AN)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA292586

Entities

People

  • Charles A. Weatherford

Organizations

  • Florida A&M University

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Chemistry
  • Collisions
  • Couplings
  • Electron Scattering
  • Electrons
  • Fittings
  • Measurement
  • Molecular Physics
  • Molecules
  • Physics
  • Polarization
  • Polyatomic Molecules
  • Positrons
  • Quantum Chemistry
  • Scattering

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Quantum Chemistry

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics