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Cross sections and rate coefficients for vibrational excitation of h<inf>2</inf>o by electron impact

Ayouz, M; Faure, A; Tennyson, J; Tudorovskaya, M; Kokoouline, V; (2021) Cross sections and rate coefficients for vibrational excitation of h<inf>2</inf>o by electron impact. Atoms , 9 (3) , Article 62. 10.3390/atoms9030062. Green open access

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Abstract

Cross-sections and thermally averaged rate coefficients for vibration (de-)excitation of a water molecule by electron impact are computed; one and two quanta excitations are considered for all three normal modes. The calculations use a theoretical approach that combines the normal mode approximation for vibrational states of water, a vibrational frame transformation employed to evaluate the scattering matrix for vibrational transitions and the UK molecular R-matrix code. The interval of applicability of the rate coefficients is from 10 to 10,000 K. A comprehensive set of calculations is performed to assess uncertainty of the obtained data. The results should help in modelling non-LTE spectra of water in various astrophysical environments.

Type: Article
Title: Cross sections and rate coefficients for vibrational excitation of h<inf>2</inf>o by electron impact
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.3390/atoms9030062
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms9030062
Language: English
Additional information: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Water; vibrational excitation; R-matrix; electron-molecule collisions; interstellar medium
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10135354
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