Cross Section Data for Electron-impact Inelastic Processes Ofvibrationally Excited Molecules of Hydrogen and Its Isotopes

An extensive cross section database for the electron-impact inelastic processes of vibrationally excited molecules of hydrogen and its isotopes is presented. The following inelastic processes are covered: electronic excitation (dissociative and nondissociative), direct ionization (dissociative and nondissociative), excitationradiative decay vibrational excitation and dissociation, and dissociative electron attachment. The data have been compiled partly from the literature and partly generated theoretically for the present report. The data are presented in graphical form. The data are also presented by sufficiently accurate analytic fit functions. Massscaling relations are provided for cross section evaluation of those isotope molecules for which calculated data are not available. C © 2001 Academic Press