Interference in Electron-Molecule Elastic Scattering: s-, p- and d-spherical waves

TL;DR

This paper derives general formulas for multiple electron scattering in polyatomic molecules using non-overlapping atomic potentials, and applies these formulas to various carbon molecules in different orientations.

Contribution

It introduces a unified theoretical framework for electron-molecule scattering considering multiple scattering effects with non-overlapping atomic potentials.

Findings

Formulas applicable to fixed-in-space and randomly oriented molecules

Successful application to various carbon molecules

Provides a basis for further scattering studies

Abstract

General formulas describing the multiple scattering of electron by polyatomic molecules have been derived within the framework of the model of non-overlapping atomic potentials. These formulas are applied to different carbon molecules, both for fixed-in-space and randomly oriented molecules.