R-matrix calculations of the electron collisions CF_3Cl in the fixed-nuclei approximation

Michal Tarana; Ilya I. Fabrikant

R-matrix calculations of the electron collisions CF$_3$Cl in the fixed-nuclei approximation

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Abstract

Previous studies on CF$_3$Cl show a resonance which lead to dissociative electron attachment under standard plasma conditions. Here the R-matrix method is used to treat electron collisions with the CF$_3$Cl molecule at its equilibrium geometry using a coupled states expansion. These calculations concentrate on obtaining low-energy, sub-6 eV, elastic cross sections and properties of the $^2A_1$ resonance. Present results are compared with previously published experimental data.

^*This work was supported by the US National Science Foundation and by the Center of Theoretical Astrophysics Grant No. LC06014 of the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports of the Czech Republic.

Authors

Michal Tarana
- Department of Physics \& Astronomy, University of Nebraska Lincoln, 510 Stadium Drive, Lincoln 68588 NE, USA
Ilya I. Fabrikant
- Department of Physics \& Astronomy, University of Nebraska Lincoln, 510 Stadium Drive, Lincoln 68588 NE, USA