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Published June 14, 1981 | public
Journal Article

Schwinger variational calculations for electron scattering by polar molecules

Abstract

The authors present the results of applications of the Schwinger variational principle to the scattering of low-energy electrons by the strongly polar molecule LiH. The method is based on an iterative approach which uses the Schwinger variational principle to solve the Lippmann-Schwinger integral equation for the scattering wavefunction. The procedure uses trial scattering wavefunctions which contain both discrete basis functions and numerical continuum wavefunctions which satisfy explicitly the scattering boundary conditions. The results of these applications show that the method is an effective approach to the solution of the electron-molecule scattering equations. Several details of the method are discussed.

Additional Information

© 1981 The Institute of Physics. Received 10 November 1980. This work was performed under the auspices of the United States Department of Energy under contract No W-7405-ENG-48. We acknowledge the support of the National Science Foundation under Grant No CHE79-15807, and support by an Institutional Grant from the United States Department of Energy EY-76-G-03-1305. Contribution No 6338.

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