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Title: Polarization effects in the elastic scattering of low-energy electrons by XH{sub 4} (X=C, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb)

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Departamento de Fisica, Universidade Federal do Parana, Caixa Postal 19044, 81531-990 Curitiba, Parana (Brazil)

We report integral and differential cross sections for elastic scattering of electrons by XH{sub 4} (X=C, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb) molecules for energies between 3 and 10 eV. We use the Schwinger multichannel method with pseudopotentials [Bettega et al., Phys. Rev. A 47, 1111 (1993)] at the static-exchange and static-exchange plus polarization approximations. We compare our results with available theoretical and experimental results and find very good agreement. In particular, our results show Ramsauer-Towsend minima for all XH{sub 4} molecules.

OSTI ID:
20639905
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Vol. 68, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.68.012706; (c) 2003 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English