Log #DA.\IOP12-2012-0001-ki Abstract Submitted for the DA.\IOP12 .\Ieeting of The American Ph\sical Society . ()O ,T) P-wave electron-hydrogen scattering A.\JA.\JD BHATIA. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center- A ,'ariational wave function in corporating short range correlations via Hylleraas type functions plus long-range polarization terms of the polarized orbital type but ,vith smooth cut-off factors has been used to calculate P-wave phase shifts for electron-hydrogen scattering. This approach gives the direct 1'-4 po tential and a non-local optical potential which is definite. The l'eslllting phase shifts have rigorous lower bounds and the convergence is much faster than those obtained without the modification of the target function. Final results \vill be presented at the conference. Anallel Bllar ia Prefer Oral Session anand.k. bhatia ('uasa.gm' Prefer Poster Session ;'\ASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Date submitted: 25 Jan 2012 Electronic form \'(:l'SiUll 1.-1