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Calculations of electron-impact excitation cross sections for molecular hydrogen have been performed using spherical- and spheroidal-coordinate formulations of the molecular convergent close-coupling method. We present a comparison and find good agreement between the results of these two techniques performed within the fixed-nuclei approximation for excitation from the ground X1Σg+ (v = 0) state of H2 to the B1Σu+ , C 1Πu, B′1Σu+ , D 1Πu, EF1Σg+ , b3Σu+ , c3Πu+ , a3Σu+ , e3Σu+ , h3Σg+ , and d 3Πu states. For the spheroidal-coordinate approach the adiabatic-nuclei method has been applied, allowing for a more reliable estimate of cross sections at near-threshold energies. Comparison of the adiabatic-nuclei cross sections with the corresponding fixed-nuclei cross sections is also presented.
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Scarlett, L.H., Savage, J.S., Fursa, D.V. et al. Electron-scattering on molecular hydrogen: convergent close-coupling approach. Eur. Phys. J. D 74, 36 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2020-100549-0
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