Rotational Excitation of the HD Molecule by Slow Electrons

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Effective cross section for the rotational excitation of the HD molecule by low energy electron (incident energy of the electron ranges from 1.0 eV to 13.6 eV) is calculated for the transitions of the rotational state from J=0 to 1, 2 and from J=1 to 2. The adiabatic approximation is used to obtain these cross sections. It is found that the rotational excitation cross section with ΔJ=2 is almost the same as the e–H₂ result and that the cross sections with ΔJ=1 are about 10% of those with ΔJ=2 in the above mentioned energy region.