Abstract
The theory of configuration interaction is discussed in relation to molecular states which have sufficient energy to decay by electron emission or pre-dissociation. By considering the effects of electron emission a resonant scattering formalism is developed which is useful for electron-molecule collisions at very low energies. The application of the theory to pre-dissociation is demonstrated by an analysis of the recent study by Barrow et al. of the spectrum of selenium.

This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit: