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Hydrogen molecule as seen in electron and positron scattering.
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Molecular Physics . Oct2022, Vol. 120 Issue 19/20, p1-12. 12p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- By a historical overview, we show the importance of a laconic paper by Kolos and Wolniewicz dating to 1962 [Phys. Lett. 5(2), 222–223 (1962)], in which they applied the variational method for the hydrogen molecule. In the first part of this perspective (say till 1996), the experiments on electron molecule scattering (including hydrogen) developed a vast range of techniques, even if the results were far from being congruent [Riv. Nuovo Cimento 19/3, 1996]. In turn, in the last years, we have observed the quickly rising applicability of theoretical methods, like convergent-close coupling [Zammit et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 233201 (2016)] and R-matrix [Meltzer & Tennyson, J. Phys. Phys. B 53, 245203 (2020)]. The mutual agreement between theories and experiments allows defining recommended cross-sections for electron and positron scattering from zero to sub-relativistic energies. This, in turn, enables to check the dispersion relation, i.e. the interdependence between the zero-energy integral elastic, the high-energy elastic differential at zero angle, and the integral of the total cross-section from zero to infinity. Such a relation holds, within the experimental uncertainties, for positrons. For electrons, a big discrepancy points to the importance of the exchange effects in the e − − H 2 scattering. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00268976
- Volume :
- 120
- Issue :
- 19/20
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Molecular Physics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 160933958
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2022.2070087