Neutralization and Detachment in H^＋-H^- Collisions

The cross sections for neutralization and detachment in H^＋-H^- collisions in the energy range from 1.0 to lOO keV/u are calculated using the two-centre atomic orbital close-coupling （TC-AOCC） method. The results are compared with the available experimental and theoretical data. It is found that the neutralization cross section agrees well with the experimental data by Schon et al. [3. Phys. B 20 （1987） L759] and Melchert et al., [J. Phys. B 32 （1999） L139] especially at low energies. However, for the detachment process, our calculated cross section lies between the experimental data by Melchert et al. and by Peart et al. [J. Phys. B 9 （1976） 3047] for the energy below 15keV/u. Above this energy, our result is smaller than the two experimental data. It is worth pointing out that there exists a large difference between these two experimental data and it is difficult to judge which data is more accurate. Therefore, a high-precision measurement for detachment cross sections is expected to resolve this discrepancy and to test the theoretical calculations.     

Mass Spectrometric Determination of Partial Ionization Cross Sections

A review of the measurement of partial electron impact ionization cross sections for rare gas atoms and molecules is presented, with particular regard to the low electron energy regime (<200 eV). Recently developed experimental techniques are surveyed. Predictions of quantal and classical approximations as well as some empirical formulae are compared with the experimental data. In conclusion a set of recommended atomic ionization cross sections is given for electron energies ranging from threshold up to 14 keV. Finally, the existence and measured appearance potentials for the production of doubly ionized rare gas dimers are discussed.     

Nonradiative charge transfer in collisions of protons with rubidium atoms

The nonradiative charge-transfer cross sections for protons colliding with Rb(5s) atoms are calculated by using the quantum-mechanical molecularorbital close-coupling method in an energy range of 10 3 keV-10 keV.The total and state-selective charge-transfer cross sections are in good agreement with the experimental data in the relatively low energy region.The importance of rotational coupling for chargetransfer process is stressed.Compared with the radiative charge-transfer process,nonradiative charge transfer is a dominant mechanism at energies above 15 eV.The resonance structures of state-selective charge-transfer cross sections arising from the competition among channels are analysed in detail.The radiative and nonradiative charge-transfer rate coefficients from low to high temperature are presented.     

Absolute charge transfer and fragmentation cross sections in He2+-C60 collisions

We have determined absolute charge transfer and fragmentation cross sections in He2++C60 collisions in the impact-energy range 0.1-250 keV by using a combined experimental and theoretical approach. We have found that the cross sections for the formation of He+ and He0 are comparable in magnitude, which cannot be explained by the sole contribution of pure single and double electron capture but also by contribution of transfer-ionization processes that are important even at low impact energies. The results show that multifragmentation is important only at impact energies larger than 40 keV; at lower energies, sequential C2 evaporation is the dominant process.     

Double ionization of helium by electron-impact: complete pictures of the four-body breakup dynamics

The dynamics of He double ionization by 2 keV electron impact is studied experimentally for a momentum transfer of 0.6 a.u. at excess energies of 10 and 40 eV. Complete sets of fivefold differential cross sections are presented for all electron emission angles in coplanar geometry. Contributions beyond the first Born approximation are identified comparing experimental data with first order convergent close-coupling calculations which are in considerably better agreement with the present experiment than with the earlier measurement of Kheifets et al. [J. Phys. B 32, 5047 (1999)].     

Absolute Wirkungsquerschnitte für Elektronenstreuung um kleine Winkel Experimente zum Gültigkeitsbereich der ersten Bornschen Näherung

The cross sections ofIbers andVainshtein are the current basis for the discussion of the small-angle scattering of electrons. As these cross sections have been calculated in the first Born approximation the limits of their validity are but roughly known. By absolute measurements of the cross sections for Ar, Kr, and Xe at 37, 60, and 100 keV between 5 and 65 mrad the range in which the Ibers and Vainshtein values are no longer valid was determined. The agreement with these values was good for Ar at all energies and for Kr at 60 and 100 keV. In the other cases deviations have been found which increase with increasing angle and atomic number and decreasing energy. Similar results have been found by measurement of the cross sections for inelastic scattering and comparison with the corresponding theoretical results ofFreeman andWatson.     

Wirkungsquerschnitte für Einquantenvernichtung von Positronen niedriger Energie am Jod

Positrons of 200 keV were focused on a slice of NaI. This acted as a scintillation spectrometer and measured the energy loss of the positrons before annihilation. Single-quanta, produced with a probability of only 2.6 · 10^-5, were registered by a second NaI-detector. Two-parameter analysis of the coincidences between these two detectors allowed the determination of six cross sections for single-quantum annihilation between positron energies of 80 and 180 keV. The cross section at 180 keV was 0.09 barn per iodine-atom and decreased with decreasing positron energy, due to the coulombic repulsion. Quantitative agreement was obtained with theoretical calculations within the limits of error.     

等离子体屏蔽对He2+与H原子碰撞电离微分截面的影响

应用经典径迹Monte Carlo（CTMC）方法研究了He²⁺与H原子在等离子体环境下的碰撞电离过程,计算了在5—400 keV/u的能区随等离子体屏蔽作用变化的碰撞电离总截面和一阶微分截面.等离子体中带电粒子之间的相互作用采用Debye-Hückel模型来描述.由于等离子体屏蔽效应的存在,靶中束缚态电子能级及其经典微正则分布以及入射离子与靶电子的相互作用都发生了变化,而这些变化会直接影响碰撞电离过程.研究发现,碰撞电离总截面随等离子屏蔽的增加而增大,特别是在10 keV/u以下的低能区电离截面有量级的增加.对随能量变化的一阶微分截面,在低能碰撞过程中,屏蔽作用增加,微分截面呈量级增加,高能碰撞微分截面呈倍数增加.同时,屏蔽作用导致电离电子向高能方向移动,随着碰撞能量的增加两体碰撞机制的贡献越来越大,并在较高的出射电子能量出现了一个新的峰.对无屏蔽的自由原子碰撞过程,CTMC方法计算出的电离总截面在碰撞能量大于70 keV/u的较高能区在实验误差内与实验测量结果符合很好,而在较低的能区比实验值小30%—50%. 关键词： 重粒子碰撞电离 等离子体屏蔽效应 经典径迹Monte Carlo方法 Debye-Hückel模型     

Ionization yield in neon due to electron impact

A theoretical study of the ionization yield in neon due to electron impact has been performed. With a given set of collision cross sections, a comparison of the Fowler equation (which takes into account the discrete nature of energy loss) and the continuous-slowing-down approximation (CSDA) has been made by applying the two methods for energies from ionization threshold to 1 keV. The CSDA is found to be very poor at low energies. A hybrid model consisting of the Fowler equation for low energies and CSDA for high energies is found to be quite satisfactory throughout the energy range. The mean energy dissipated per ion pair formed (W value) is finally calculated in this model for electron energies up to 10 keV taking into account the multiple ionization and the effect of Auger electrons. The results are in good agreement with the available experimental data.     

Fully correlated electronic dynamics for antiproton impact ionization of helium

We present total cross sections for single and double ionization of helium by antiproton impact over a wide range of impact energies from 10 keV/amu to 1 MeV/amu. A nonperturbative time-dependent close-coupling method is applied to fully treat the correlated dynamics of the ionized electrons. Excellent agreement is obtained between our calculations and experimental measurements of total single and double ionization cross sections at high impact energies, whereas for lower impact energies, some discrepancies with experiment are found. At an impact energy of 1 MeV we also find that the double-to-single ionization ratio is twice as large for antiproton impact as for proton impact, confirming a long-standing unexpected experimental measurement.     

Atomic processes in antiproton-matter interactions

Atomic processes dominate antiproton stopping in matter at nearly all energies of interest. They significantly influence or determine the antiproton annihilation rate at all energies around or below several MeV. This article discusses what is known about the atomic processes which, through their effect on stopping and annihilation, significantly influence the spatial distribution of antiproton annihilations in a material. For stopping above about 10 eV the processes are antiproton-electron collisions, effective at medium keV through high MeV energies, and elastic collisions with atoms and adiabatic ionization of atoms, effective from medium eV through low keV energies. For annihilation above about 10 eV it is the enhancement of the antiproton annihilation rate due to the antiproton-nucleus Coulomb attraction, effective around and below a few tens of MeV. At about 10 eV and below, the atomic rearrangement/annihilation process determines both the stopping and annihilation rates. Although a fair amount of theoretical and some experimental work relevant to these processes exist, there are a number of energy ranges and material types for which experimental data does not exist and for which the theoretical information is not as well grounded or as accurate as desired. Additional experimental and theoretical work is required for accurate prediction of antiproton stopping and annihilation for energies and materials relevant to antiproton experimentation and application.     

Absolute cross sections for one electron capture into excited projectile states in collisions between He2+ (15–150 keV) and Li atoms

We have studied the He²⁺-Li collision system at laboratory energies between 15 and 150 keV using optical methods. From the measured emission cross sections we derive state-selective capture cross sections for n = 2,3,4 and n ? 5 states of the He⁺ ions. Our data are consistent with theoretical predictions of Bransden and Ermolaev. The total capture cross sections as evaluated from our emission cross section data, agree very well with the results of McCullough et al. obtained from projectile charge detection measurements. Near 15 keV our emission cross sections for 30.4 nm and 25.6 nm are much larger than those measured previously by Barrett and Leventhal at slightly lower energies.     

Charge exchange in collisions between heavy low-charged ions

The probabilities and the effective cross sections of collision-induced one-electron charge exchange between singly charged and four-charged heavy Xe, Cs, Ba, Pb, Bi, and U ions at energies E>0.1 keV/u are calculated by a method of multichannel normalization in the impact parameter representation. The cross sections are rather large with a maximum σ_m≈10⁻¹⁵ cm² at relative energies E _m ≈10–30 keV/u. For collision energies E<10 keV/u, the cross sections sharply decrease with growing resonance defect of the reaction. At high energies E>1 MeV/u, the charge exchange proceeds largely by the capture of inner shell electrons of the ionic targets. The charge exchange cross sections calculated for low-charged Xe, Cs, Ba, Pb, Bi, and U ions are compared with available theoretical and experimental data.     

Scattering of e± from N2 in the energy range 1 eV–10 keV

The differential, integrated elastic, inelastic, total, momentum transfer, viscosity, and ionisation cross sections for electron and positron scattering from the homonuclear diatomic nitrogen molecule over an incident energy range of 1?eV–10?keV are calculated using the additivity rule. Dirac partial wave analysis is employed to calculate the cross sections of the constituent atoms of molecules, using a complex optical model potential (OPM). Comparison of our results of the additivity rule with the available experimental data and other theoretical predictions is presented. Our findings produce reasonable results in intermediate and high energies.     

Oppenheimer-Phillips effect and electron screening ind+ d fusion reactions

Thed(d, n) ³He andd(d,p)t fusion reactions have been studied at center-of-mass energies E=1.6 to 130 keV using intense beam currents from 30, 100, and 450 kV accelerators in combination with detectors in close and far geometry. The cross sesction ratio,R(E)=σ(d,n)/σ(d, p), approaches unity (within 2%) at low energies; thus there is no experimental evidence for the Oppenheimer-Phillips effect at subcoulomb energies. The cross sections of d(d, p)t at E≦10keV show clear evidence for electron screening effects. However, the observed cross section enhancement is significantly larger than can be accounted for from available atomic physics models.     

Sequential over-barrier ionization of multi-electron atoms in the tens-to-hundreds keV/u energy range

Our previous work on the classical over-barrier ionization model for helium double ionization is extended to the complex multi-electron system of Ne.The total and q-fold ionization cross sections are calculated at energies ranging from a few tens to several hundred keV/u.The calculation results are in good agreement with the experimental data,and the energy dependence of the cross sections suggests that the multi-ionization of a strong perturbated complex atom is probably the sequential over-barrier ionization process.     

Discording power of Hamiltonian interactions

In this paper, we report the coherent scattering cross sections of some lanthanides at low momentum transfer in four angular ranges of (0°?4°), (0°?6°), (0°?8°) and for ²⁴¹Am (59.54 keV) and ¹³⁷Cs (661.6 keV) gamma rays. The coherent scattering cross sections were derived by subtracting the small contribution of the corresponding angle integrated incoherent scattering cross sections from the experimentally measured total (coherent + incoherent) scattering cross sections for the elements and energies of interest. The coherent scattering cross sections were found to agree with the corresponding theoretical cross sections within the range of experimental errors. The theoretical coherent scattering cross sections were computed by numerically integrating the S-matrix data of the elements in the angular ranges of interest. The incoherent scattering cross sections were based on the compilations which make use of the non-relativistic Hartree-Fock (NRHF) model for the atomic charge distribution.     

Die Vernichtung von Positronen im Fluge

The differential cross section at 0° for annihilation in flight of positrons has been measured with foils of lucite, Al, Cu, Ag, Sn, Au, and Pb. Positrons from Cu⁶⁴ and Co⁵⁶ with energies of 400, 600, 800, and 1000 keV were selected by means of a magnetic spectrometer of the Kofoed-Hansen type, and the annihilation was detected in a telescope consisting of three scintillation counters. The experimental results were compared with theoretical values computed from the two-quantum cross section by taking into account the effect of multiple scattering of the positrons. The agreement is good for light elements within a statistical accuracy of 10%. For heavy elements the experimental value was found to be 15% greater than the theoretical value which perhaps could be attributed to the one-quantum annihilation.     

Measurement of the fast neutron scattering and total cross sections of141Pr

The differential elastic neutron scattering cross sections of¹⁴¹Pr were measured at the incident neutron energies of 1.2, 1.7 and 1.9 MeV in the angular range between 25 and 150 degrees. At 1.7 MeV the differential inelastic neutron scattering cross sections corresponding toQ=?1122 keV, and at 1.9 MeV the ones corresponding toQ=?1122, andQ=?1295 keV were also determined. In a transmission experiment, the total cross section was measured between 0.50 and 2.42 MeV. The total and differential cross sections were calculated using the nuclear optical model. The calculated results were compared with the experimental data.     

Investigation of fast neutron interaction with235U

The angular distribution of neutrons emitted by elastic, inelastic and fission processes on²³⁵U were measured at the incident neutron energies of 1.5, 1.9, 2.3, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0 and 5.5 MeV using nanosecond time-of-flight technique. The differential elastic scattering cross sections and their angular distributions at all the seven energies are presented. The total elastic scattering cross sections, angle and energy integrated cross sections for the inelastically scattered neutrons in energy bands of 200 keV, fission cross sections and the angular distributions of fission neutrons were extracted at 1.5, 1.9 and 2.3 MeV incident neutron energies. The energy distributions of the prompt fission neutrons and of the inelastically scattered neutrons are given at the incoming neutron energies of 1.5, 1.9 and 2.3 MeV; and the average fission neutron energies and the inelastic neutron evaporation temperatures were also evaluated at these energies.