In this paper, we report total cross sections for electron-induced ionization and excitations from both the excited metastable state H*2(c3Пu) and the electronic ground state of H2. Total cross sections are reported for incident energies from the ionization threshold to 2000 eV using the ‘complex scattering potential-–ionization contribution’ method and the relative importance of various scattering channels, including super-elastic scattering and ionization, are identified. There appear to be no previous data on the ionization cross sections for the metastable target H*2(c3Пu). This work has potential applications in the fields of plasma physics and planetary atmospheres.
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