Integral and Differential Cross Section for Electron-Impact Excitation of 12 of the Lowest States of Argon

Author

Don H. Madison, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow
Colette M. Maloney
Jangbo B. Wang

Abstract

A semi-relativistic first-order distorted-wave Born theory has been used to calculate differential and integral cross sections for electron-impact excitation of the argon atom to 12 different states in the 3p ⁵4s and 3p ⁵4p manifolds. The calculations were performed at energies between threshold and 150 eV. Our results show that a single-configuration representation is adequate for these excited states of argon. In general, reasonably good agreement between theory and experiment is found at higher energies for those states which can be excited by a first-order direct transition and mixed results are found for those states which can only be excited by exchange transitions in first order.

Recommended Citation

D. H. Madison et al., "Integral and Differential Cross Section for Electron-Impact Excitation of 12 of the Lowest States of Argon," Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 873 - 893, Institute of Physics - IOP Publishing, Feb 1998.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/31/4/030

Department(s)

Physics

Keywords and Phrases

Argon; Atoms; Electron energy levels; Electron transitions; Mathematical models; Differential cross section; Electron impact excitation; Integral cross section; Electron scattering

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0953-4075

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 1998 Institute of Physics - IOP Publishing, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Feb 1998