Electron and positron impact ionization of atomic hydrogen and helium using CPB approximation with post-collision interaction

Triple differential cross-sections for the electron and positron impact ionization of atomic hydrogen and helium are calculated in a first order model using a product of two Coulomb wavefunctions for the final state continuum electrons supplemented by post-collision interaction effects.     

共面不对称条件下低能电子碰撞电离Ar(3p)的三重微分截面

采用修正的扭曲波玻恩近似方法, 在共面不对称几何条件下, 计算了能量为70.8 eV电子与Ar(3p)碰撞电离的(e, 2e)三重微分截面, 并与最新实验数据进行了比较. 结果表明电子交换效应和后碰撞相互作用在低能电子碰撞的(e, 2e)过程中起着重要作用. 关键词： (e,2e)三重微分截面 扭曲波玻恩近似 后碰撞相互作用 电子交换效应     

Positron impact ionisation of He ion

Triple differential cross-sections (TDCS) of a hydrogenic (He⁺) ion has been studied by positron impact using coplaner geometry for both symmetric and asymmetric kinematics in the intermediate and medium high incident energy region. TDCS has also been studied of He⁺ ion by electron impact for symmetric kinematics taking account of the electron exchange effect. The final state wavefunction is chosen as the correlated 3-body Coulomb wavefunction satisfying the exact asymptotic boundary condition. The long range Coulomb interaction in the initial channel between the ionic target and the projectile has also been taken into account properly. For positron impact, the collision is found to be almost recoilless at lower incident energies, in contrast to the strong recoil peak noted in the case of electron impact ionisation. For electron impact, the exchange effect is found to be significantly high for equal energy sharing in the final channel. Received 10 July 1999 and Received in final form 7 December 1999     

Post-collision interactions and the polarization effect in （e, 2e） collisions of helium

A modified distorted-wave Born approximation (DWBA) method is used to calculate the triple differential cross sections (TDCSs) in a coplanar asymmetric geometry for the electron impact single ionization of a He (1s2) atom at intermediate and lower energies. The post-collision interaction and the polarization effect in (e, 2e) collisions of helium are considered in the calculations. The polarization potentials from the damping method and density functional theory (DFT) are compared. Theoretical results are compared with the recent experimental data.     

Post collision interactions and polarization effect in (e, 2e) collisions of helium

A modified distorted-wave Born approximation (DWBA) method is used to calculate the triple differential cross sections (TDCSs) in a coplanar asymmetric geometry for the electron impact single ionization of a He (1s²) atom at intermediate and lower energies. The post-collision interaction and the polarization effect in (e, 2e) collisions of helium are considered in the calculations. The polarization potentials from the damping method and density functional theory (DFT) are compared. Theoretical results are compared with the recent experimental data.     

Experimental observation of post-collision interaction and interference effects in resonant double photoionization processes

The combined effects of post-collision interaction in the final state and interference due to the indistinguishability of the two electrons have been studied in a selected case of resonant double photoionization of neon. In our coincidence experiments, the photo- and Auger-electron pair was measured when the two electrons have nearly equal energy and are ejected at small mutual angle. The obtained energy distributions exhibit a strong interplay of post-collision interaction and interference effects, in agreement with the theoretical prediction of Sheinerman and Schmidt [J. Phys. B 30, 1677 (1997)] made on beryllium.     

(e,2e) and (e,3-1e) coincidence experiments for studying the PCI effect of low energy ionizing electrons in the Auger process of Ar

Our (e,3-1e) measurements for studying the post-collision interaction (PCI) after electron impact inner shell ionization of argon were continued and completed at different energy conditions. Emitted LMM Auger electrons are detected in coincidence with the ionizing scattered electrons and the energy of the slow PCI inducer ejected electron was calculated from energy conservation. Particularly the effect of the very low energy (i.e. 0–5 eV) ejected electrons (strongly asymmetric energy sharing) is studied at 500 and 460 eV primary electron energies. In the latter case, the background caused by outer-shell electrons was measured by itself and then removed from the coincident spectrum. Nevertheless, the evaluation of PCI distorted Auger lines is still considerably disturbed by the resonant Auger electrons from the high Rydberg states, their (e,2e) contribution was estimated in the paper.     

共面不对称条件下Ar原子(e,2e)反应的三重微分截面

采用修正的扭曲波玻恩近似(DWBA)方法,计算了共面、大能量损失和小动量转移这一特殊几何条件下电子碰撞Ar(3p6)(e,2e)反应的三重微分截面.理论方法对(e,2e)反应过程近程极化势进行了修正,并引入Gamow因子表示后碰撞相互作用(PCI).将计算结果与实验结果、标准DWBA计算结果及Gamow因子修正后的DWBA-G计算结果进行了比较,发现极化效应起着重要的作用.     

Single differential and total ionization cross section of the helium atom by positron impact

Single differential (SDCS) and total (TCS) cross sections are calculated for the single ionization process of a helium atom by positron impact in the intermediate and high energy range (50–300 eV). To study the charge asymmetry, cross sections for electron impact ionization are also presented for comparison with the positron data. The TCS results for positron impact have been compared with existing measurements. A good agreement is noted in the high energy regime ( 100–300 eV).     

Excitation of molecular vibrations by positron impact

Absolute cross sections for the vibrational excitation of CO, CO2, and H2 by positron impact are presented for incident positron energies from 0.5 eV to several electron volts. The measurements use a novel technique that exploits the adiabatic motion of a positron beam in a strong magnetic field. This work is the first systematic experimental study of vibrational excitation by positron impact, and extends to energies where positron measurements have traditionally been difficult. The measured cross sections are compared with available theoretical calculations.     

Triple differential cross sections for the ionization of water by electron and positron impact

Triple differential cross section calculations for the ionization of several valence orbitals of the water molecule by electron and positron impact are reported. We found a very good agreement with the experimental data in case of the almost spherical 2A₁ orbital. By changing the projectile’s charge, significant differences were observed between the electron and positron TDCSs.     

Spectroscopy of near-threshold electrons from surfaces

A time-of-flight technique for two-dimensional spectroscopy of near-threshold electrons from surfaces is described, and the properties of the method are illustrated using selected results from clean surfaces, and mono- and multilayer adsorbates. The analysis of two-dimensional data yields easy access to inner (bulk) and outer (surface) ionization edges and exciton series, for valence and core electron levels including satellite states, and to final state effects. Strong interaction between bulk and surface states is revealed in particular for samples with negative electron affinity. Core-level threshold electron spectra from monolayers adsorbed on metal surfaces exhibit strong substrate-mediated suppression of post-collision interaction-induced line broadening and shift, each of which can be quantitatively explained by image charge screening. Received: 27 April 1998/Accepted: 25 August 1998     

Electron impact ionization of diatomic molecules

Cross sections for the ionization of N₂, CO and O₂ diatomic molecules by electron impact are calculated. The applied distorted wave model is based on our previous studies for positron impact, the molecular orbitals being described by Gaussian wavefunctions. Our study emphasizes the importance of electron exchange and of using correct distorted waves for the ejected electron.     

Dynamics and post-collision interaction effects in two electron decay from the Xenon 4d hole

Two Auger electrons, one very slow, one fast, have been detected in coincidence following near threshold 4d photoionization of the Xe atom. The distribution in the energy the two electrons share has been measured for the first time revealing the presence of post-collision interaction effects that provide unique information on the decay dynamics of the 4d hole. Analysis of the distorted line shapes indicates that the dominant process is decay of Xe+(4d(-1)) to Xe3+ through cascade emission of a zero kinetic energy Auger electron followed by a fast Auger electron. The widths of the intermediate Xe2+* states are estimated to be about 60 meV.     

Inner-shell electron capture by impact of positron on the multi-electron atomic targets

The first-order Coulomb-Born approximation has been applied to the study of positronium formation through K-shell electron capture in the collision of positron with multi-electron atomic targets. The single-zeta Roothaan-Hartree-Fock wave functions are used to describe the electron initial bound states. The differential and total cross sections are computed for the impact of positron on helium, carbon, neon, sodium and argon atoms, with the formation of positronium in its ground state. For helium atoms, the calculated total cross sections are compared with the available experimental data and other theoretical calculations. The comparison shows a good agreement between the present calculations and the measurements.     

Ionization of metastable H(2S) atom by electron and positron impact

Summary Triple differential cross-section (TDCS) of hydrogen atom in its metastable (2S) state is studied theoretically by electron and positron impact for coplanar and asymmetric geometry. The final-state wave function in the present model satisfies the asymptotic boundary condition for asymmetric geometry (i.e. fork ₁≫k ₂). In the absence of experiment, present results are compared with other existing theoretical results. Apart from the double-peaked structure of the TDCS as in ground-state ionization, some interesting secondary structures are found, in conformity with other theories for ionization from 2S state.     

Effects of positron phonon interaction in metals

We investigate the importance of positron phonon interaction for the many body effects observed in positron annihilation in metals. The interaction is formulated as the screened Coulomb interaction of the positron with the polarization charge of the metal produced by lattice vibrations. The phonon contribution to the effective mass is found negligibly small. Due to the interaction with phonons the equilibrium positron momentum distribution deviates from a Boltzmann distribution leading to a larger thermal smearing of the annihilation curves than expected from the rather small effective mass. The positron energy loss in the thermalization process due to phonon excitation is discussed and found comparable to the energy loss due to the excitation of electron hole pairs in the experimentally interesting temperature range.     

Post-collision interaction effects on the triple-differential cross-section for the ionization of helium by fast positrons

Triple differential cross-sections for the ionization of helium by fast positrons are calculated in a ‘correlated’ first Born approximation supplemented by the inclusion of post-collision interaction effects. The results are analysed with respect to electron-helium experimental data of Jung and coworkers in coplanar asymmetric geometry.     

Triple differential cross section in (e, 2e) collisions for sodium in a coplanar symmetric geometry

The triple differential cross sections for (e, 2e) ionization of sodium in a coplanar symmetric geometry have been studied in distorted wave Born approximation with the modified semiclassical exchange potential. The present calculations improve the agreement between the theoretical and experimental results. The post-collision interaction and target polarization effects have also been studied. In addition, the variation trends of the shape and ratio for the forward and backward scattering peaks have been discussed. Besides, the small bump observed between these two peaks has been analyzed by the interaction between active electron and passive electrons.