Low-Energy Vibrational Excitation of Molecules by Electron Impact

研究方向将是开发更精确的方法来计算低能电子散射的分子振动激发截面。一种新的计算方法，一阶非简并绝热法，以前用于提供改进的氢振动激发截面，将被扩展到允许计算更复杂的分子。计算结果将与实验结果进行比较。

Research will be directed towards developing more accurate methods for the calculation of molecular vibrational excitation cross sections for electron scattering at low energies. A new method of calculation, the first-order, non-degenerate adiabatic method, which was previously used to provide improved cross sections for vibrational excitation of hydrogen will be extended to permit calculations on more complex molecules. Calculations will be compared with experimental results.