https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2012-20475-0
Regular Article
Computation of the total scattering cross sections for electron impact on HCl and HBr between 0.1 eV and 2000 eV
1
V.P. & R.P.T.P. Science College, Vallabh
Vidyanagar – 388
120, Gujarat,
India
2
P. S. Science College, 382 715
Kadi,
India
3
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Open
University, Milton
Keynes, MK7
6AA, UK
a e-mail: minaxivinod@yahoo.co.in
Received:
13
August
2011
Received in final form:
28
January
2012
Published online:
27
March
2012
In this paper total cross sections (QT) for electron impact on HCl and HBr are reported over a wide energy range from circa 0.1 eV to 2 keV. At impact energies below the ionization energy, the R-Matrix method is employed using Quantemol-N software whilst above the ionization energy the spherical complex optical potential (SCOP) method is used. It is shown that the two methods provide complimentary cross sections where they overlap. These calculations are compared with experimental and theoretical results wherever available.
Key words: Atomic and Molecular Collisions
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica and Springer-Verlag 2012