R-MATRIX CALCULATIONS OF LOW-ENERGY ELECTRON-SCATTERING BY OXYGEN MOLECULES

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作者
NOBLE, CJ [1 ]
BURKE, PG [1 ]
机构
[1] QUEENS UNIV BELFAST,SCH PHYS & MATH SCI,BELFAST BT7 1NN,ANTRIM,NORTH IRELAND
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.2011
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The R-matrix method has been used to study the scattering of electrons by oxygen molecules for impact energies in the range from threshold to 1 5 eV. Electronic excitation cross sections for transitions to the a1-DELTA(g), b1-SIGMA(g)+, and "6 eV" states of oxygen are presented. Important contributions from a 2-PI(u) resonance, in addition to the well-known 2-PI(g) resonance, are found to significantly modify previous theoretical predictions. Integral elastic scattering cross sections are also obtained for the first time for a complicated open-shell system using an ab initio method.
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