Abstract
A comprehensive study of the angular and energy distributions of electrons ejected in collisions of fast electrons and protons with He is presented. New experimental results for 300-keV, 1-MeV, and 5-MeV proton impact are reported along with theoretical results for 2-keV electron impact and 100-keV, 300-keV, 1-MeV, and 5-MeV proton impact. The theoretical results, based upon Born approximation with Hartree-Slater initial discrete and final continuum wave functions, show excellent agreement with experimental electron-impact results. Serious discrepancies are found between theory and experiment in the angular distribution of ejected electrons for forward angles for 100- and 300-keV proton impact; the discrepancies decrease markedly for 1-MeV proton impact and are absent for 5-MeV protons. The agreement between theory and experiment for intermediate and backward angles of electron ejection, on the other hand, is uniformly good for all proton impact energies. The reasons for this behavior in terms of a charge-exchange process to a continuum state contributing to electron ejection at forward angles is discussed, and the energy dependence of the data is shown to be consistent with this explanation.
Recommended Citation
S. T. Manson et al., "Energy and Angular Distribution of Electrons Ejected from Helium by Fast Protons and Electrons: Theory and Experiment," Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 60 - 79, American Physical Society (APS), Jul 1975.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.12.60
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
© 1975 American Physical Society (APS), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jul 1975
