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  • Atomic and Molecular Physics
  • Quantum Chemistry
  • Chemical Physics

Background:

  • Elastic electron scattering is crucial for understanding molecular interactions.
  • Nitrobenzene's electronic structure and resonance states are of significant interest.
  • Previous studies have explored electron interactions with nitrobenzene, but detailed resonance characterization is ongoing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compute integral, momentum transfer, and differential cross sections for electron elastic scattering by nitrobenzene.
  • To investigate the influence of polarization effects on electron-nitrobenzene resonances.
  • To characterize the symmetry and energies of observed resonance states.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the Schwinger multichannel method with pseudopotentials.
  • Performed calculations in static-exchange and static-exchange plus polarization approximations.
  • Computed cross sections for electron impact energies up to 10 eV.

Main Results:

  • Observed four resonances in static-exchange calculations and three with polarization effects included.
  • A low-lying B1 symmetry resonance in static-exchange became a bound state with polarization.
  • Resonances were assigned to symmetries A2 (0.92 eV) and B1 (2.07 eV, 6 eV) when polarization was included.
  • Calculated resonance energies align well with electron transmission spectroscopy data.

Conclusions:

  • Polarization effects significantly alter the nature and number of observed resonances in electron-nitrobenzene scattering.
  • The identified π* resonances likely mediate the dissociation process in dissociative electron attachment to nitrobenzene.
  • Results provide valuable insights into electron-molecule interactions and resonance phenomena in nitroaromatic compounds.