Cross Sections for Electron Collisions with H2O

Abstract

Electron collision cross section data for the water molecule are compiled from the literature. Cross sections are collected and reviewed for total scattering, elastic scattering, momentum transfer, excitations of rotational and vibrational states, electronic excitation, dissociation, ionization, and dissociative attachment. For each of these processes, the recommended values of the cross sections are presented. The literature has been surveyed up to the end of 2019.