Quantum studies of dissociative electron attachment to molecules

预测分子碰撞结果的能力是一个困难而又重要的问题，在科学和工业中有许多应用。科廷大学最近的工作导致了与氢分子碰撞的散射问题的电子部分的第一个完全解决方案，这是该领域的一项重大突破。该项目将以这一进展为基础，准确地模拟碰撞过程中的核运动，这将使首次计算分子解离过程无需使用近似值。将产生的数据在聚变能源和天体物理应用中非常受欢迎。

The ability to predict the outcomes of molecular collisions is a difficult, yet important, problem with many applications in science and industry. Recent work at Curtin University has led to the first complete solution of the electronic part of the scattering problem for collisions with the hydrogen molecule, a major breakthrough in the field. This project will build on this progress to accurately model the nuclear motion during collisions, which will enable the first calculations of molecular dissociation processes without the use of approximations. The data which will be produced is highly sought-after in fusion energy and astrophysics applications.