The ePolyScat codes compute electron-molecule scattering and molecular photoionization cross sections [1,2] within the fixed-nuclei approximation. Using the adiabatic approximation, it is possible to extract ro-vibrationally resolved cross sections. The code uses simple, single configuration initial and target states wave functions, and the final continuum state is limited to a single electronic state. The interaction potential between the electron and the molecule is then given by the static-exchange potential, which can be modified by approximate functionals to describe target polarization effects. The calculations are performed in the full symmetry point group for the molecular geometry, including both abelian and many non-abelian point groups. An external source of bound molecular orbitals is required for ePolyScat, and these orbitals may be obtained from GAUSSIAN, GAMESS(US), MESA, and from MOLPRO using a molden file. The continuum wave functions are obtained as single-center expansions using products of symmetry-adapted angular harmonics and radial functions represented on a grid of points. The size of the single-center expansion is controlled by a maximum angular momentum parameter, and the density of the radial grid is controlled by a maximum energy parameter.
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[2] F. A. Gianturco, R. R. Lucchese, and N. Sanna, Calculation of low-energy elastic cross sections for electron-CF4 scattering, J. Chem. Phys. 100 (9), 6464 (1994).