Electronic excitation of H{sub 2} by electron impact using soft norm-conserving pseudopotentials
- Instituto de Fisica Gleb Wataghin, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Unicamp, 13083-970 Campinas, Sao Paulo (Brazil)
We calculate electronic excitation cross sections for the {ital b}{sup 3}{Sigma}{sup +}{sub {ital u}} {ital a}{sup 3}{Sigma}{sup +}{sub {ital g}} {ital c}{sup 3}{Pi}{sub {ital u}}, and {ital d}{sup 3}{Pi}{sub {ital u}} states of H{sub 2} by electron impact. Our results were obtained with the Schwinger multichannel method with pseudopotentials and real potentials at the two-channel level of approximation. Pseudo-H atoms are used to generate H{sub 2} molecules with almost the same low-energy spectrum as the real molecules. We show that the dynamics of the electronic excitation process of the pseudomolecules by electron impact is very similar to the real case. Our results support the idea that pseudopotentials can be used to obtain reliable molecular electronic excitation cross sections by low-energy electron impact, confirming the expectations of previous studies with CH{sub 2}O [Bettega {ital et} {ital al}., Phys. Rev. A {bold 25}, 1111 (1993)] and HBr [Rescigno, J. Chem. Phys. {bold 104}, 125 (1996)]. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}
- OSTI ID:
- 397560
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review A, Journal Name: Physical Review A Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 54; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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