Influence of resonant scattering on electron-swarm parameters in NO

A semiempirical analysis of low-energy electron scattering in nitric oxide has been performed. The deduced set of total and partial cross-sections has been used to calculate the ratio of electron transversal diffusion to mobility at low and intermediate reduced electric fields. The modelling gives indications for high values of vibrational cross-section in the 0.7–1.2 eV energy range that can be explained assuming presence of two resonant states, the first one similar to the low-energy 2Πg resonance in O2, the second one resembling the 2Πg resonant state in N2.