Electron Impact Excitation of Rare Gases: Differential Cross Sections and Angular Correlation Parameters for Neon, Argon, Krypton and Xenon
Abstract
Distorted-wave Born approximation results for the differential cross sections and various angular correlation parameters for electron impact excitation of the rare gases Ne, Ar, Kr and Xe are presented and compared with recent experimental data and other theoretical calculations. The sensitivity of the results to different static and optical potentials in the calculation of the distorted waves is analysed and the importance of relativistic effects both in the description of the target states (intermediate coupling) as well as in the wavefunction for the continuum electron is investigated. The overall agreement with the available experimental data is very satisfactory over a wide range of incident-electron energies.
Recommended Citation
K. Bartschat and D. H. Madison, "Electron Impact Excitation of Rare Gases: Differential Cross Sections and Angular Correlation Parameters for Neon, Argon, Krypton and Xenon," Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics, vol. 20, no. 21, pp. 5839 - 5863, Institute of Physics (IOP), Nov 1987.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3700/20/21/029
Department(s)
Physics
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0022-3700
Document Type
Article - Journal
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Citation
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text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 1987 Institute of Physics (IOP), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Nov 1987
