Electron-impact ionization of oriented molecules using the time-dependent close-coupling approach

An overview is given on recent progress on computing triple differential cross sections for electron-impact ionization of the hydrogen molecule using a time-dependent close-coupling approach. Our calculations, when averaged over all molecular orientations, are generally in very good agreement with (e,2e) measurements made on H2, where the molecular orientation is unknown, for a range of incident energies and outgoing electron angles and energies. In this paper, we present TDCS for ionization of H2 at specific molecular orientations. It is hoped that this study will help stimulate future measurements of TDCS from oriented H2 at medium impact energies.