Excitation of Molecular Rotation by Slow Electrons

17 May 1965

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B

Vol. 138 (4A) , A1003-A1010
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.138.a1003

Abstract

The cross sections for the rotational excitation of

H_{2}

and

N_{2}

by slow electrons are evaluated in a distorted-wave approximation with the use of a simple model potential. The changes from the previous Born-approximation results are quite pronounced, particularly for

H_{2}

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