Triple differential cross-sections for the fast electron/positron impact ionization of hydrogen and helium in the Glauber approximation

Triple differential cross-section for electron and positron impact ionization of hydrogen and helium are calculated by using the Glauber approximation along with post-collision interaction effects which are estimated classically. The present results are compared with the recent absolute data of Ehrhardt, Jung and coworkers for the electron impact case. The positron impact case is found to lead to a larger binary to recoil peak maxima ratio (compared to the electron impact case) which further increases when post-collision interaction effects are included.     

非共面几何条件下102eV电子碰撞He单电离反应的三体耦合效应

在前人工作的基础上,通过引入有效索末菲参数考虑三体耦合效应,计算了非共面几何（垂直平面与垂直动量转移平面）条件下,102eV的电子碰撞He单电离反应的全微分截面,将其计算结果与3C、DWB2、我们前期的理论结果及实验数据进行了比较。     

Nonperturbative treatment of ionization with excitation of helium by electron impact

We present cross sections for electron-impact ionization and simultaneous ionization plus excitation of helium by electron impact. The results are obtained from a fully nonperturbative close-coupling formalism using our B-spline R-matrix approach. A large number of pseudostates in the expansion of the wave function represent the coupling to the ionization continuum. We obtain excellent agreement with the directly measured experimental cross section ratios (Bellm et al., Phys. Rev. A 75, 042704 (2007)) for ionization leaving the residual He? ion in either the 1s ground state or the n = 2 (2s + 2p) excited states.     

Multiphoton effects in laser-assisted ionization of a helium atom by electron impact

The dynamics of the electron impact multiphoton ionization of a He atom in the presence of an intense laser field (n $\gamma _e$ , 2e) is studied theoretically for laser polarization ( $\vert\vert^l$ ) and perpendicular ( $\bot^r$ ) to the incident momentum. The triple differential (TDCS) as well as the double differential (DDCS) cross sections are studied for the coplanar asymmetric geometry. The results are compared with the only available kinematically complete experiment at high incident energy (1000 eV). Significant laser modification (enhancement) is noted due to multiphoton effects in the present binary and recoil peak intensities of the TDCS for both the geometries, in qualitative agreement with the experiment. In the single photon case, the net effect of the laser field is to suppress the field free (FF) TDCS as well as the DDCS in the zeroth order approximation of the ejected electron wave function (CV), while in the first order (MCV), the cross sections are found to be enhanced. The CV multiphoton cross sections obey the famous Kroll Watson (KW) sum rule while the latter does not hold good in the corresponding MCV approximation.     

Three-body coupling for electron impact ionization of helium in the perpendicular plane geometry

Dynamically screened three-Coulomb-wave (DS3C) model is applied to study single ionization of helium by 102 eV electron impact. Fully differential cross sections (FDCS) are calculated at different scattering angle of (8°, 10°, 15°, 20°) in the perpendicular plane asymmetric geometry. The results are compared with experimental data and theoretical predictions from a three-Coulomb wave function (3C) approach, convergent close-coupling calculation (CCC), as well as second-order distorted-wave Born method (DWB2). It is shown that three-body coupling effects are important for the perpendicular plane geometry.     

近阈值下He原子的双电子电离实验中出射电子研究

利用适用于低能电子入射的反应显微成像谱仪，对电子入射He原子近阈值下的双电离过程进行了研究，实验测量了反应后3个粒子的全部动量，获得了出射电子间的关联信息.主要介绍近阈值下的双电离实验装置及实验技术，集中分析反应后出射电子的动量能量关系，对描述近阈值双电离的Wannier理论进行了检验，发现在入射电子能量为106eV时，实验结果具有Wannier理论预言的性质.     

Effect of initial-state target polarization on the single ionization of helium by l-keV electron impact

We report new results of triple differential cross sections for the single ionization of helium by 1-KeV electron impact at the ejection energy of 10 eV. Investigations have been made for both the perpendicular plane and the plane perpendicular to the momentum transfer geometries. The present calculation is based on the threewCoulomb wave function. Here we have also incorporated the effect of target polarization in the initial state. A comparison is made between the present calculation with the results of other theoretical methods and a recent experiment [Diirr M, Dimopoulou C, Najjari B, Dorn A, Bartschat K, Bray I, Fursa D V, Chen Z, Madison D H and Ullrich J 2008 Phys. Rev. A 77 032717]. At an impact energy of 1 KeV, the target polarization is found to induce a substantial change of the cross section for the ionization process. We observe that the effect of target polarization plays a dominant role in deciding the shape of triple differential cross sections.     

Effect of initial-state target polarization on single ionization of helium by 1-keV electron impact

We report new results of triple differential cross sections for the single ionization of helium by 1-KeV electron impact at the ejection energy of 10 eV. Investigations have been made for both the perpendicular plane and the plane perpendicular to the momentum transfer geometries. The present calculation is based on the three-Coulomb wave function. Here we have also incorporated the effect of target polarization in the initial state. A comparison is made between the present calculation with the results of other theoretical methods and a recent experiment [D黵r M, Dimopoulou C, Najjari B, Dorn A, Bartschat K, Bray I, Fursa D V, Chen Z, Madison D H and Ullrich J 2008 Phys. Rev. A 77 032717]. At an impact energy of 1 KeV, the target polarization is found to induce a substantial change of the cross section for the ionization process. We observe that the effect of target polarization plays a dominant role in deciding the shape of triple differential cross sections.     

Glauber exchange effect in the excitation of hydrogen by electron impact

The Glauber exchange effect is included into the calculations of differential cross sections in an analysis of 1–2 excitation of the hydrogen atom by electron impact within the conventional Glauber theory. An improvement of the theoretical results is obtained.     

Effect of initial-state target polarization on the single ionization of helium by 1-keV electron impact

We report new results of triple differential cross sections for the single ionization of helium by 1-KeV electron impact at the ejection energy of 10 eV. Investigations have been made for both the perpendicular plane and the plane perpendicular to the momentum transfer geometries. The present calculation is based on the three-Coulomb wave function. Here we have also incorporated the effect of target polarization in the initial state. A comparison is made between the present calculation with the results of other theoretical methods and a recent experiment [Drr M, Dimopoulou C, Najjari B, Dorn A, Bartschat K, Bray I, Fursa D V, Chen Z, Madison D H and Ullrich J 2008 Phys. Rev. A 77 032717]. At an impact energy of 1 KeV, the target polarization is found to induce a substantial change of the cross section for the ionization process. We observe that the effect of target polarization plays a dominant role in deciding the shape of triple differential cross sections.     

Inner-shell ionization by relativistic electron impact

K-, L andM-shell ionization cross sections have been measured for 23 elements, 12≦Z≦92, after bombardment with relativistic electrons, 15≦E ₀65MeV, by means of high resolution semiconductor detectors and a recently developed gas-scintillation proportional counter. For constant electron bombarding energyE ₀ the ionization cross sections follow a power law dependence,σ∽Z ^?α, and forE ₀=50MeV we deducedα =2.45±0.02 for theK shell andα=3.00 ±0.09 for theL shell. The observedZ dependence exhibits significant systematic deviations from theoretical predictions which exceed the experimental values up to 15 % at lowZ elements for theK shell and on the average about 11% for theL andM shell. The same behaviour of too low experimental values, i.e. an overestimation by the theory, is observed for the energy dependence of the cross sections for all shells. A scaling behaviour describing theZ andE ₀ dependence for allK-, L andM-shell data points is observed which also predicts the experimental values by other groups at lower and higher energies correctly. The comparsion of the measuredLΒ/Lα, andLγ/Lα intensity ratios for highZ elements with the values obtained by other groups in the energy range 0.3≦E₀≦1,000 MeV exhibits an increase with bombarding energy that cannot merely be explained by the energy dependence of the subshellionization cross sections for theL shell. An attempt to explain this effect with the change of the Coster-Kronig transition probability is described.     

Triple ionization of lithium by electron impact

Ejection of the three electrons from lithium in a single electron collision has been observed for the first time. Triply charged lithium was observed in an ion time-of-flight spectrum following electron impact on a sample of ultracold, trapped lithium. The higher signal/background afforded by the trap environment made the observation of Li3+ possible. We measured the ratios of triple-to-double and double-to-single ionization at an impact energy of 1000 eV. The 3+/2+ ratio is approximately 0.001, a value 2 orders of magnitude lower than semiempirical predictions. We present a simple method that uses photoionization data combined with sum-rule analysis to predict the asymptotic charge-state ratios. The sum-rule predictions compare reasonably with experiment and shake calculations, but disagree sharply with the semiempirical estimates.     

Measurements of double differential cross sections in electron impact ionization of helium and argon

Double differential cross sections (angular distributions and energy loss spectra) have been measured of electrons after ionizing electron collisions with helium at primary energiesE ₀ between 25 eV and about 260 eV and with argon atE ₀=75, 150 and 200 eV. The spectra have been measured with an energy analyzing collector system of constant transmission. It was found that for high collision energies (E ₀≧ 80 eV) the outgoing electrons belong to one of the two energetically well separated groups, either thefast electrons, which are scattered mainly in forward direction or theslow electrons which are distributed isotropically into all angles. At low primary energiesE ₀ no separation into groups is possible. Several findings indicate the qualitative applicability of the binary collision model.     

中高能电子电离He原子的二重微分截面

这篇文章用BBK和DS3C模型,计算了入射能为100,200,300,400和600 eV等中、高能情况下,电子入射电离He原子的二重微分截面(DDCS),给出了散射电子和敲出电子截面的角分布.散射电子和敲出电子的二重微分截面分别通过敲出电子和散射电子三重微分截面(TDCS)在全空间的角度积分而得到,所有的理论结果与有效的实验测量进行了比较.研究表明:除400和600 ev的高入射能之外,理论结果均能与绝对测量的实验结果较好的符合.     

Electron impact ionization of helium isoelectronic systems

The electron impact single ionization cross sections, on the helium isoelectronic He, Li¹⁺, B³⁺, C⁴⁺, N⁵⁺, O⁶⁺, Ne⁸⁺, Na⁹⁺, Ar⁺¹⁶, Fe²⁴⁺, Mo⁴¹⁺, Ag⁴⁵⁺, and U⁹⁰⁺ targets, are calculated modifying the simplified Bell (SBELL) model [Eur. Phys. J. D 46, 281 (2008)]. The results of the present analysis are compared with the available experimental and theoretical data. The modified SBELL (MSBELL) model, incorporating the ionic correction factor in it, produces excellent agreement with the experimental data and theoretical calculations for all the two-electron systems, neutral or ions. This model may be a prudent choice in plasma modeling due to its simple inherent structure.     

Double ionization of helium by relativistic highly charged ion impact

We consider an interesting realization of the fundamental four-body problem: double ionization of helium in superintense electromagnetic fields generated by highly charged ions in relativistic collisions. We show how the simultaneous interaction of such fields with all three target constituents (which is not described by first-order theory) strongly influences the collision dynamics even at very high collision energies and how a “genuine” photoemission-like pattern may emerge in collisions at extreme relativistic energies. A very good agreement with available experimental data is obtained.     

Inner-shell ionization by positron and electron impact

Measurements of relative cross sections of K- and L-shell ionization of silver and gold targets by positron and electron impact at projectile energies of 30–70 keV are reported. The experiments were performed at the slow positron source TEPOS at the linac of the Strahlenzentrum. This source and the experimental equipment will be described briefly and the experimental results will be presented in detail. In addition, plane wave Born (PWBA) calculations were performed. They include an electron exchange term and the deceleration or acceleration of the incident projectile in the nuclear field of the target atom. The present experimental results agree well with these calculations; for L-shell ionization, they are at variance with a previous experiment where a different energy dependence was observed.