RESONANCE CONTRIBUTIONS TO LOW-ENERGY ELECTRON COLLISIONS WITH MOLECULAR HYDROGEN

Jiři Horáček1, Martin Čížek1, Karel Houfek1, Přemysl Kolorenč1, Lukáš Pichl 2

1Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Charles University Prague, V Holešovičkách 2, 180 00 Praha 8, Czech Republic,
2University of Aizu, Tsuruga, Ikki, Aizu-Wakamatsu, 965-8580 Japan


Calculations of electron dissociative attachment and vibrational excitation of molecular hydrogen by low-energy electrons based on an improved nonlocal resonance model are reported. The role of the rotational excitation of the target molecules is discussed.