Cross Sections and Rate Coefficients for Vibrational Excitation of HeH+ Molecule by Electron Impact
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Approach
2.1. Scattering Matrix for Fixed Geometries Of HeH
2.2. HeH Vibrational Dynamics
2.3. The Scattering Matrix for an Electron Colliding with HeH
2.4. Elimination of Channels Closed for Ionization From the Scattering Matrix
3. Rate Coefficients and Cross Sections for Vibrational (De-)Excitation
4. Conclusions and Discussion
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Level v | [26] | [25] | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 2913 | 2911.0007 | 33.527 | 33.558 |
1 | 2607 | 2604.1676 | 30.816 | 30.839 |
2 | 2300 | 2295.5787 | 28.088 | 28.090 |
3 | 1988 | 1982.0562 | 25.305 | 25.301 |
4 | 1668 | 1660.3559 | 22.425 | 22.402 |
5 | 1339 | 1327.7860 | 19.394 | 19.344 |
6 | 1000 | 984.3599 | 16.151 | 16.058 |
7 | 660 | 639.1959 | 12.645 | 12.479 |
8 | 328 | 327.3615 | 8.813 | 8.621 |
0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 3–4 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4191 | 7942 | 11251 | 14112 | 3751 | 7060 | 9920 | 3309 | 6169 | 2860 | |
(K) | ||||||||||
0.23e-5 | 0.20e-6 | 0.75e-7 | 0.11e-7 | 0.21e-5 | 0.47e-6 | 0.80e-7 | 0.24e-5 | 0.44e-6 | 0.28e-5 | |
−0.11e-6 | −0.20e-8 | 0.88e-8 | 0.31e-9 | 0.95e-7 | 0.62e-7 | −0.71e-9 | 0.34e-6 | −0.53e-8 | 0.16e-8 | |
0.25e-8 | 0.10e-8 | −0.28e-8 | −0.24e-10 | −0.18e-7 | −0.16e-7 | 0.76e-9 | −0.56e-7 | 0.40e-8 | 0.13e-7 | |
0.85e-10 | −0.11e-9 | 0.15e-9 | −0.56e-12 | 0.79e-9 | 0.85e-9 | −0.76e-10 | 0.22e-8 | −0.36e-9 | −0.92e-9 |
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Ayouz, M.; Kokoouline, V. Cross Sections and Rate Coefficients for Vibrational Excitation of HeH+ Molecule by Electron Impact. Atoms 2016, 4, 30. https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms4040030
Ayouz M, Kokoouline V. Cross Sections and Rate Coefficients for Vibrational Excitation of HeH+ Molecule by Electron Impact. Atoms. 2016; 4(4):30. https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms4040030
Chicago/Turabian StyleAyouz, Mehdi, and Viatcheslav Kokoouline. 2016. "Cross Sections and Rate Coefficients for Vibrational Excitation of HeH+ Molecule by Electron Impact" Atoms 4, no. 4: 30. https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms4040030