ROTATIONAL EXCITATION OF DIATOMIC MOLECULES BY ELECTRON IMPACT

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CHANG, ES
TEMKIN, A
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[1] National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.23.399
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Rotational excitation of homonuclear diatomic molecules can be simply yet accurately calculated from the scattering parameters of elastic electron-molecule scattering in the fixed-nuclei approximation. The total scattering cross sections for Δj 0 transitions are independent of s-wave parameters, and ratios of Δj=±2 cross sections agree with experimental results in H2 and with rotational close-coupling calculations. Absolute total and differential cross sections can be explained. © 1969 The American Physical Society.
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