Pseudopotential calculations of elastic scattering of electrons by helium atoms in the range 0–20 eV

Our earlier pseudopotential calculations on electrons colliding with argon and krypton are extended to consider the elastic electron–helium scattering system. In this paper, we present detailed results for phase shifts, differential, total, and momentum-transfer cross sections for this system for incident electron energies in the range from 0 to 20 eV. These agree very well with existing experimental data and with other theoretical calculations.