Spin Exchange in Slow Atomic Collisions

In the present work, a pattern of spin polarization is investigated within the framework of nonrelativistic interactions of electrons of colliding atoms. The electron spin exchange in the process of collision causes the polarization characteristics of atoms to change. It is demonstrated that results of collision of hydrogen atoms with alkaline metals (H, K, Na, Cs, and Rb) are analogous to those of elastic exchange electron scattering by single-electron atoms. __________ Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 9, pp. 69–72, September, 2005.