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The Continuum Multiple-Scattering Approach to Electron-Molecule Scattering and Molecular Photoionization

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Book cover Electron-Molecule and Photon-Molecule Collisions

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Properties of the electronic continuum of molecules such as cross sections for photoionization and electron scattering are both scientifically interesting and important for practical applications. Nevertheless, this subject is largely unexplored owing to the computational difficulty associated with the nonseparable nature of the multicenter wave equation, for which no practical, comprehensive method of solution exists. This volume summarizes the most promising approaches designed to cope with this dilemma, e.g., R-matrix, single-center expansion, L2, and continuum multiple-scattering methods. Each shares the same general goal and has met with substantial success, but always with limitations in scope or accuracy dictated by the compromises required in developing a workable scheme.

Work performed under the auspices of the U. S. Department of Energy and National Science Foundation Grant CHE78-08707. Acknowledgment is made to the Donors of The Petroleum Research Fund, administered by the American Chemical Society, for the partial support of this research.

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  2. Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, USA

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    Vincent McKoy

  3. Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, University of California, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA

    Barry Schneider

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Dehmer, J.L., Dill, D. (1979). The Continuum Multiple-Scattering Approach to Electron-Molecule Scattering and Molecular Photoionization. In: Rescigno, T., McKoy, V., Schneider, B. (eds) Electron-Molecule and Photon-Molecule Collisions. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6988-2_17

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