Eur. Phys. J. D 40, 369-375 (2006)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2006-00170-7

Scattering of electrons from gas-phase N₂O(¹Σ): Computed cross-sections and angular distributions in comparison with experiments

¹ Department of Chemistry, The University of Rome La Sapienza and CNISM, Piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
² Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie Moleculaire, 351 cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence, France

Corresponding author: ^a fa.gianturco@caspur.it

Received: 4 May 2006
Revised: 14 June 2006
Published online: 14 July 2006

Abstract

Ab initio calculations are reported for the quantum scattering of electrons from N₂O molecules in the gas phase and for energies which range from near threshold up to about 100 eV. Elastic integral cross-sections and angular distributions are examined in detail and an extensive comparison is made with existing experiments. The agreement found with the latter data is fairly good and results are further discussed to explain the physical mechanisms at work for this polar target.