CALCULATION OF THE TOTAL IONIZATION CROSS-SECTION AND SPIN ASYMMETRY IN ELECTRON-HYDROGEN SCATTERING FROM THRESHOLD TO 500 EV

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作者
BRAY, I [1 ]
STELBOVICS, AT [1 ]
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[1] MURDOCH UNIV,SCH MATH & PHYS SCI,CTR ATOM MOLEC & SURFACE PHYS,PERTH 6150,AUSTRALIA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.746
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We present the total ionization cross section and spin asymmetry at projectile energies ranging from threshold to 500 eV for electron-impact excitation of atomic hydrogen. They are calculated using the convergent close-coupling formalism of Bray and Stelbovics [Phys. Rev. A 46, 6995 (1992)]. Both observables are found to be in complete quantitative agreement with measurements over almost the entire energy range. This is the only electron-atom scattering theory that is able to achieve this result to date.
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