Experimental and Theoretical (e, 2e) Studies of Argon (3p) Ionization in Asymmetric Geometry
Abstract
Experimental and theoretical triple-differential cross sections (TDCS) are presented for ionization of the outer 3p shell of argon by 200 eV electrons scattered through an angle of 15° and for ejected electron energies of 2, 5, 10 and 20 eV. A distorted-wave Born approximation (DWBA) and a hybrid DWBA-R-matrix (DWBA-RM2) calculation both reproduce the shapes of the TDCS when the slow electron is ejected near the momentum-transfer direction. Near the opposite direction, the DWBA-RM2 model also achieves good agreement with experiment for the higher ejected electron energies, but discrepancies are observed for the lower energies. This three-way joint study emphasizes that it is essential to include a proper treatment of exchange in modelling low-energy ionization.
Recommended Citation
M. A. Stevenson et al., "Experimental and Theoretical (e, 2e) Studies of Argon (3p) Ionization in Asymmetric Geometry," Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Institute of Physics - IOP Publishing, Feb 2005.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/38/4/010
Department(s)
Physics
Sponsor(s)
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Great Britain. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Keywords and Phrases
Atomic and Molecular Physics; Atomic Excitation; Atomic Ionization
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0953-4075
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2005 Institute of Physics - IOP Publishing, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Feb 2005
