R-matrix calculations for elastic electron and positron scattering from pyrazine: effect of the polarization description

Graves, Vincent and Gorfinkiel, Jimena D. (2022). R-matrix calculations for elastic electron and positron scattering from pyrazine: effect of the polarization description. The European Physical Journal D, 76(3), article no. 43.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/s10053-022-00371-0

Abstract

We present R-matrix calculations of electron and positron low energy scattering from the highly polarizable pyrazine molecule. We compare integral and differential elastic cross sections with experimental results and assess the quality of the models used for describing collisions of either projectile. Static-exchange-plus-polarization models give a good description of electron scattering (including that of shape resonances), whereas both the integral and small-angle differential cross sections are underestimated for positron collisions for the same models. We discuss whether the absence of a permanent dipole moment improves the comparison with experiment for this molecule, as well as future calculations that may improve the description of polarization effects and thus positron scattering.

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