Contributo in volume, 2019, ENG, 10.1088/2053-2563/aae894ch15

Electron-molecule processes

Celiberto, Roberto; Janev, Ratko K.; Laporta, Vincenzo; Laricchiuta, Annarita; Mezei, Zsolt J.; Schneider, Ioan F.; Tennyson, Jonathan; Wadehra, Jogindra M.

Polytech Univ Bari; CNR NANOTEC; Macedonian Acad Sci & Arts; Univ Normandie; UCL; Univ Paris 13 USPC; Hungarian Acad Sci; Univ Paris Saclay; Wayne State Univ

This chapter is intended to give a compendious and comprehensive account of the theoretical description of electron-molecule interactions in molecular plasmas. We will briefly review the existing theoretical cross section data characterizing the electron-impact with molecules of interest in meteoroid and spacecraft entry physics.

Keywords

Electron-molecule processes

CNR authors

Celiberto Roberto, Laricchiuta Annarita, Laporta Vincenzo

CNR institutes