Scattering from Diatomic Molecules in the Spheroidal Convergent Close-Coupling Formalism

This thesis details the development of the Convergent Close-Coupling (CCC) theory for electron and positron scattering on diatomic molecules. Both spherical and spheroidal formalisms are presented and compared, with the spheroidal proving to be more accurate, efficient, and capable at modelling vibr...

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Main Author: Savage, Jeremy Stephen
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77785
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description This thesis details the development of the Convergent Close-Coupling (CCC) theory for electron and positron scattering on diatomic molecules. Both spherical and spheroidal formalisms are presented and compared, with the spheroidal proving to be more accurate, efficient, and capable at modelling vibrational processes unique to molecules. Within the adiabatic-nuclei approximation, the spheroidal formalism is used to calculate total, ionisation, electronic and vibrational excitation, and elastic differential cross sections for electron scattering on H2.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-777852020-01-28T06:00:11Z Scattering from Diatomic Molecules in the Spheroidal Convergent Close-Coupling Formalism Savage, Jeremy Stephen This thesis details the development of the Convergent Close-Coupling (CCC) theory for electron and positron scattering on diatomic molecules. Both spherical and spheroidal formalisms are presented and compared, with the spheroidal proving to be more accurate, efficient, and capable at modelling vibrational processes unique to molecules. Within the adiabatic-nuclei approximation, the spheroidal formalism is used to calculate total, ionisation, electronic and vibrational excitation, and elastic differential cross sections for electron scattering on H2. 2018 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77785 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Savage, Jeremy Stephen
Scattering from Diatomic Molecules in the Spheroidal Convergent Close-Coupling Formalism
title Scattering from Diatomic Molecules in the Spheroidal Convergent Close-Coupling Formalism
title_full Scattering from Diatomic Molecules in the Spheroidal Convergent Close-Coupling Formalism
title_fullStr Scattering from Diatomic Molecules in the Spheroidal Convergent Close-Coupling Formalism
title_full_unstemmed Scattering from Diatomic Molecules in the Spheroidal Convergent Close-Coupling Formalism
title_short Scattering from Diatomic Molecules in the Spheroidal Convergent Close-Coupling Formalism
title_sort scattering from diatomic molecules in the spheroidal convergent close-coupling formalism
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77785