title: Crossed-beam experiment for the scattering of low- and intermediate-energy electrons from BF3: A comparative study with XF3 (X = C, N, and CH) molecules.
abstract: Absolute differential cross sections (DCSs) for electron interaction with BF3 molecules have been measured in the impact energy range of 1.5-200 eV and recorded over a scattering angle range of 15°-150°. These angular distributions have been normalized by reference to the elastic DCSs of the He atom and integrated by employing a modified phase shift analysis procedure to generate integral cross sections (ICSs) and momentum transfer cross sections (MTCSs). The calculations of DCSs and ICSs have been carried out using an independent atom model under the screening corrected additivity rule (IAM-SCAR). The present elastic DCSs have been found to agree well with the results of IAM-SCAR calculation above 20 eV, and also with a recent Schwinger multichannel calculation below 30 eV. Furthermore, in the comparison with the XF3 (X = B, C, N, and CH) molecules, the elastic DCSs reveal a similar angular distribution which are approximately equal in magnitude from 30 to 200 eV. This feature suggests that the elastic scattering is dominated virtually by the 3-outer fluorine atoms surrounding the XF3 molecules. The vibrational DCSs have also been obtained in the energy range of 1.5-15 eV and vibrational analysis based on the angular correlation theory has been carried out to explain the nature of the shape resonances. Limited experiments on vibrational inelastic scattering confirmed the existence of a shape resonance with a peak at 3.8 eV, which is also observed in the vibrational ICS. Finally, the estimated elastic ICSs, MTCSs, as well as total cross sections are compared with the previous cross section data available.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Sophia University, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hoshino
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Sophia University, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Limão-Vieira
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Sophia University, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suga
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Sophia University, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Colisões Atómicas e Moleculares, CEFITEC, Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ferreira da Silva
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisica Atomica, Molecular y Nuclear, Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Fisica Fundamental, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: García
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Sophia University, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka