Generalization of the atomic random-phase-approximation method for diatomic molecules:N2photoionization cross-section calculations

Partial and total photoionization cross sections of ${\mathrm{N}}_{2}$ molecule are calculated using the generalization of the random-phase approximation (RPA) which earlier has been successfully applied to the description of the atomic photoionization processes. According to this method, at first the Hartree-Fock (HF) ground-state wave functions are calculated in prolate spheroidal coordinates using the fixed-nuclei approximation. With their help the zero order basis set of single particle Hartree-Fock wave functions containing both discrete excited states and continuous spectrum is calculated in the field of a frozen core of a singly charged ion. The calculations are performed for all fou…