Electron-impact ionization of oriented molecules using the time-dependent close-coupling approach

An overview is given on recent progress on computing triple differential cross sections for electron-impact ionization of the hydrogen molecule using a time-dependent close-coupling approach. Our calculations, when averaged over all molecular orientations, are generally in very good agreement with (e,2e) measurements made on H₂, where the molecular orientation is unknown, for a range of incident energies and outgoing electron angles and energies. In this paper, we present TDCS for ionization of H₂ at specific molecular orientations. It is hoped that this study will help stimulate future measurements of TDCS from oriented H₂ at medium impact energies.