Abstract

We present integral, differential, and momentum transfer cross sections for elastic electron collisions with the two most stable isomers of the B2H4 molecule, hereafter referred to as isomer I (C2v symmetry) and isomer II (D2d symmetry), and with the B2H6 molecule (D2h symmetry). The isomer I of B2H4 and the B2H6 molecule are known for their electrodeficiency in the "three-center two-electron" (3c-2e) bond, a region in which a hydrogen atom occupies a bridged position between two non-hydrogen atoms. The cross sections were computed by using the Schwinger multichannel method implemented with norm-conserving pseudopotentials, and the scattering calculations were carried out in the static-exchange and static-exchange plus polarization levels of approximation for energies from 0.1 to 50 eV. We discuss the presence of shape resonances in the scattering cross sections. We also made a direct comparison among the cross sections of these three targets.

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