QUANTUM SCATTERING PROCESSES INVOLVING LOW-ENERGY ELECTRONS

University Of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman OK

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Abstract

This research focuses on two theoretical aspects of electron-molecule collisions; dissociative attachment in small linear and non-linear molecules and vibrational excitation of the hydrogen molecule. The former problem will be treated using density functional methods. The latter problem has been undertaken to resolve a long-standing controversy between the experimentalists performing swarm measurements and those using molecular beams.