Atoms (Nov 2021)

Electron Scattering Cross-Section Calculations for Atomic and Molecular Iodine

  • Harindranath B. Ambalampitiya,
  • Kathryn R. Hamilton,
  • Oleg Zatsarinny,
  • Klaus Bartschat,
  • Matt A. P. Turner,
  • Anna Dzarasova,
  • Jonathan Tennyson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms9040103
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 4
p. 103

Abstract

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Cross sections for electron scattering from atomic and molecular iodine are calculated based on the R-matrix (close-coupling) method. Elastic and electronic excitation cross sections are presented for both I and I2. The dissociative electron attachment and vibrational excitation cross sections of the iodine molecule are obtained using the local complex potential approximation. Ionization cross sections are also computed for I2 using the BEB model.

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