Inelastic Electron Scattering from Mercury Atoms at Intermediate Energies (8-50 eV)

Author

Klaus Bartschat
Don H. Madison, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow

Abstract

Distorted-wave Born approximation results for the scattering asymmetry for (polarised) electron impact excitation of the (6s6p)¹P₁ and (6s6p)³P_1,2 states of mercury are presented and compared with recent experimental data. The sensitivity of the results to different atomic wavefunctions and static potentials as well as to various optical potentials which simulate electron exchange, absorption and polarisation effects is examined in detail. For the ¹P₁ and ³P₁ states, the influence of intermediate coupling is discussed.

Recommended Citation

K. Bartschat and D. H. Madison, "Inelastic Electron Scattering from Mercury Atoms at Intermediate Energies (8-50 eV)," Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics, vol. 20, no. 7, pp. 1609 - 1618, Institute of Physics (IOP), Oct 1987.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3700/20/7/027

Department(s)

Physics

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0022-3700

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 1987 Institute of Physics (IOP), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Oct 1987