Abstract
Experimentally and theoretically determined differential cross sections are reported for electron capture in collisions of protons with helium atoms for incident proton energies of 25, 30, 50, and 100 keV and for center-of-mass scattering angles of 0.0 to 2.0 mrad. The magnitudes of the experimentally determined differential cross sections decrease from 10-10 to 10-12 cm2/sr within the 0.0-0.8-mrad range of the center-of-mass scattering angle. At approximately 0.8 mrad a distinct change in the slope of the differential cross section is observed. The experimental results which are for capture into all bound states of hydrogen are compared with the theoretical results of a calculation for capture into the ground state using the two-state two-center atomic expansion method in the eikonal approximation. Good agreement between the theoretical and the experimental results is obtained with a static potential which accounts for screening of the helium nucleus by a single passive electron.
Recommended Citation
P. J. Martin and K. E. Arnett and D. M. Blankenship and T. J. Kvale and J. Peacher and E. Redd and V. C. Sutcliffe and J. T. Park and C. Lin and J. H. McGuire, "Differential Cross Sections for Electron Capture from Helium by 25- to 100-keV Incident Protons," Physical Review A, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 2858 - 2865, American Physical Society (APS), Jun 1981.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.23.2858
Department(s)
Physics
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
1050-2947
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 1981 American Physical Society (APS), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jun 1981
