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Electron--impact resonant vibration excitation cross sections and rate coefficients for carbon monoxide

Chemical Physics 2012-08-14 v1 Plasma Physics

Abstract

Resonant vibrational and rotation-vibration excitation cross sections for electron-CO scattering are calculated in the 0-10 eV energy range for all 81 vibrational states of CO, assuming that the excitation occur via the 2{\Pi} shape resonance. Static exchange plus polarization calculations performed using the R-matrix method are used to estimate resonance positions and widths as functions of internuclear separation. The effects of nuclear motion are considered using a local complex potential model. Good agreement is obtained with available experimental data on excitation from the vibrational ground state. Excitation rates and cross sections are provided as a functions of the initial CO vibrational state for all ground state vibrational levels.

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@article{arxiv.1206.2268,
  title  = {Electron--impact resonant vibration excitation cross sections and rate coefficients for carbon monoxide},
  author = {V. Laporta and C. M. Cassidy and J. Tennyson and R. Celiberto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.2268},
  year   = {2012}
}

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11 pages