Calculation of cross sections for muonic atom scattering from hydrogenic molecules using the Morse potential

Abstract

The differential cross sections for muonic atom scattering from hydrogenic molecules have been calculated using the Morse potential of the internuclear interaction in these molecules. Numerical calculations have been performed for the scattering $d\ensuremath{\mu}+{\mathrm{H}}_{2}$ and $t\ensuremath{\mu}+{\mathrm{H}}_{2}$ at collision energies of $\ensuremath{\epsilon}\ensuremath{\leqslant}30\phantom{\rule{0.3em}{0ex}}\mathrm{eV}$. Our calculations are fully quantum mechanical. The obtained differential cross sections are necessary for a proper description of muonic atom scattering and diffusion over a wide energy range.