Electron and positron scattering from CF3I molecules below 600 eV: a comparison with CF3H

The total cross-sections (TCSs) for electron and positron scattering from CF3I molecules have been studied experimentally. A theoretical analysis based on the continuum multiple-scattering (CMS) method has been performed to understand the origin of resonances and the elastic cross-sections. The present TCS for electron scattering is found to be larger by about 20% than that of T. Underwood-Lemons, D.C. Winkler, J.A. Tossel, J.H. Moore [J. Chem. Phys. 100 (1994) 9117] although the general shape agrees well in the entire energy studied. The difference in the cross-sections for CF3I and CF3H is explained by the sizes and the dipole moments of these molecules.