title: Rotational excitation of H2O by cold electrons.
abstract: Experimental data are presented for the scattering of electrons by H2O between 17 and 250 meV impact energy. These results are used in conjunction with a generally applicable method, based on a quantum defect theory approach to electron-polar molecule collisions, to derive the first set of data for state-to-state rotationally inelastic scattering cross sections based on experimental values.
authors.affiliation: J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Dolejskova 3, 18223 Prague 8, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Curík
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Ziesel
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Field
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Field