Resonant R-matrix theory of inelastic processes in collisions of electrons with HF molecules

The resonant R-matrix theory is applied to the calculation of vibrational excitation and dissociative attachment cross sections in collisions of electrons with HF molecules. The parameters of our model were chosen by fitting our eigenphase sums for e-HF scattering to the results of ab initio R-matrix calculations by previous authors. Another set of parameters was chosen to get a better agreement with experimental results on vibrational excitation. Dissociative attachment cross sections calculated with these parameters are in good agreement with experimental results. We also calculated cross sections for vibrational excitation from excited states and angular distribution of the scattered electrons. (author)