Resonant inelastic collisions of electrons with diatomic molecules

Abstract

In this contribution we give a review of applications of the nonlocal resonance theory which has been successfully used for treating the nuclear dynamics of low-energy electron collisions with diatomic molecules over several decades. We give examples and brief explanations of various structures observed in the cross sections of vibrational excitation and dissociative electron attachment to diatomic molecules such as threshold peaks, boomerang oscillations below the dissociative attachment threshold, or outer-well resonances.

Keywords

• Electron-molecule collisions
• Vibrational excitation
• Dissociative electron attachment
• Non local resonance model