Three‐atom scattering in gas‐phase electron diffraction. II. A general treatment

Intramolecular multiple scattering of electrons by polyatomic gas molecules is investigated with the aid of Glauber's theory of high energy elastic scattering. The key to a simpler and more rapidly convergent expression for dynamic scattering corrections is found in a propitious transformation of variables. An analytical representation of the corrections averaged over molecular rotations and vibrations is presented in a form suitable for routine electron diffraction analyses of molecular structure. Magnitudes and practical considerations in analyses are briefly discussed.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/70806/2/JCPSA6-58-12-5654-1.pd