Differential, integrated, and transport cross sections for elastic collisions between ground state nitrogen and oxygen atoms

Abstract

This study presents, for the first time, differential cross sections for collisions of the ground state nitrogen atoms in the energy range of $10^{-6}-3.7$ hartree, and for ground state oxygen atoms in the energy range $10^{-6}-0.8$ hartree. The reported angle and energy ranges for the differential cross sections enable precise integration to determine the integrated and transport cross sections, which are also included in this study. Additionally, a comparison of the resulting collision integrals with findings from other studies is provided, along with a discussion of the uncertainties associated with low-temperature collision integrals, particularly for oxygen.