Electron Scattering in Gases — from Cross Sections to Plasma Modeling

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: alcohols; alkali metals; approximation of cross sections; argon optical emission spectroscopy; backscattering; BEB approach; binary-encounter-Bethe; butanol; collisional-radiative model; coronal models; coulomb glory; critical minima; cross section; cross sections; cross-section calculations; disordered systems; dispersion relation; dissociative electron attachment; DNA damage; electron; electron and positron scattering; electron atomic collisions; electron capture; electron elastic scattering; electron ionization; electron mobility; electron optics; electron scattering; electron scattering cross sections; electron track simulation; electron transport in gases; electron-impact ionization; electron-molecule collisions; elementary processes in plasmas; few body; helium droplets; inelastic collisions; integral cross sections; interstellar medium; ionization; ionization cross section; ionizing radiation; isomeric effect; mass spectrometry; Mathematics and Science; MCDF wavefunctions; metastable states; model potential; multiple-scattering effects; n/a; noble gases; Non-Maxwellian plasmas; nonlocal thermodynamic equilibrium plasmas; numerical simulations; opacity effects; pentanol; Physics; plasma processing; plasma simulation; population kinetics; positron; positron impact ionization; positron scattering; positron-molecule scattering; R-matrix; radiation transport; rate coefficients; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; relativistic distorted wave method; Research and information: general; scattering cross-sections; spin asymmetry; total cross-sections; total polarization; transition rates; vibrational cross-section; vibrational excitation; water; wave-packet propagation; wavelengths; weak localization
• ISBN: 9783036545585; 3036545581; 3036545573; 9783036545578
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-4558-5

The first experiments on electron scattering were completed before the “official” discovery of this particle by J. J. Thomson. In spite of this, our knowledge of cross sections is still far from complete.More recent experiments had some unexpected results, like selective fragmentation of DNA constituents by low-energy electrons, or “reverse” phenomena, i.e., synthesis of simple amino acids from inorganic precursors, triggered by slow electrons. The most recent need for cross sections comes from modeling plasmas for industrial and thermonuclear applications, and atmospheres of solar and extra-solar planets.Both fundamental research (experiments, theory, reviews) and applications of electron-scattering cross sections in various processes are welcome.