Updating the IST-LISBON electron cross sections for nitrogen

In this work we update the complete and consistent set of nitrogen (N$_{2})$ electron-impact cross-section with the IST-LISBON database, available on the LXCat website [1]. The update has extended, in energy scale up to 1keV, the cross sections for effective momentum-transfer, excitation to electronic states and ionization. The set further accounts for excitation to rotational and vibrational excited states. Calculations using BOLSIG$+$ [2] with the new cross sections give swarm parameters in very good agreement with available experimental data for the reduced mobility, the characteristic energy and the reduced ionization coefficient, for a very extended $E/N$ range up to 1000 Td. The influence of rotational excitations/de-excitations at low $E/N$ and different rotational temperatures is discussed. A critical evaluation of similarities and differences with sets of N$_{2}$ cross sections from other databases is carried out. Moreover, the procedure to de-convolute global cross sections into state-to-state vibrational level dependent cross sections is outlined and discussed.\\[4pt] [1] http://www.lxcat.laplace.univ-tlse.fr/ \\[0pt] [2] G.J.M. Hagelaar and L.C. Pitchford, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. \textbf{14}, 722 (2005)