Electron excitation of hydrogen atom by ions impact in the energy range 20–1000 keV/amu

We have calculated the electron excitation cross sections of hydrogen atom by the impact of protons, alpha particles and He⁺ ions using the boundary corrected continuum intermediate state approximation in the intermediate and high energies. The calculated results are compared with other theoretical and experimental results. The angular influence of excitation to the H atom at the intermediate energy is also discussed. The distortion effects due to the projectile charges in reactions of electron excitation to bound states of the target H atom are shown in the intermediate and high collision energy.     

计算电子与原子Mg碰撞3^1S→3^1P跃迁散射截面

应用动量空间的耦合通道光学势方法计算了中等入射能量范围的电子与原子Ｍｇ的非弹性散射３１Ｐ的微分散射截面，１０个分立的通道和描述连续态激发的光学势被包括在这个计算中。在１０ｅＶ、２０ｅＶ和４０ｅＶ的计算结果与实验测量符合的非常好并表明包括连续态改进了大角度的微分散射截面。     

Absolute differential cross sections for photo double ionization of helium from the Ab initio hyperspherical R-matrix method with semiclassical outgoing waves

The hyperspherical R-matrix method with semiclassical outgoing waves introduced by us previously [Phys. Rev. A 60, 3667 (1999)] is applied to the one-photon double ionization of the He atom. The absolute differential cross sections obtained are in excellent agreement with experiment for the very challenging dynamical situations considered. This method is the first one to compute the final double continuum state accurately over the entire configuration space, from the vicinity of the nucleus to the asymptotic region.     

Electron capture by fast protons from helium-like ions

Four-body formalism of boundary corrected continuum intermediate state (BCCIS-4B) approximation have been applied to calculate the single-electron capture cross sections by fast protons through some helium-like ions in a large energy range from 30–1000 keV. In this model, distortion has been taken into account in the entrance channel. In the final channel, the passive electron plays the role of screening of the target ion. However, continuum states of the projectile and the electron in the field of the residual target ion are included. The comparison of the results is made with those of other theoretical investigations and experimental findings. The present calculated results are found to be in good agreement with the available experimental findings.     

Coupled-Channel Optical Calculations for e＋-Rb Collision at Intermediate Energies

We present the calculation of total cross sections for positron scattering by Rb at intermediate energies by using the coupled-channel optical method, in which an equivalent-local optical potential has been used to describe the continuum and rearrangement process. The present total cross sections are in good agreement with the measurements of Parikh et al. [Phys. Rev. A 47 （1993） 1535] and other theoretical calculation results. Our results show three peaks in the vicinity of 47eV, which have not been found in the previous measurements and theoretical calculations.     

p+~(58)Ni反应中集体态及转移机制的影响

在p+58Ni反应的理论计算中考虑了集体态和转移反应机制,利用大型程序MEND计算了Ein≤200MeV能区6种轻粒子(n,p,α,d,t及3He)出射的能谱和双微分截面。计算结果与实验数据基本一致;与以前的工作相比,解释了能谱和双微分截面中出现的尖峰,并减小了单粒子态密度修正因子ccg1(v)。     

Influence of radiation cross section uncertainties on shock wave structure

This numerical study investigates the sensitivity of non-equilibrium shockwave structure to uncertainties in (a) the ground and excited state continuum radiative cross section and (b) the bound-bound radiative cross section in a three level (ground, excited, and free electronic states considered) argon-like gas at Mach 18 and a pressure of 1 cm Hg. Changing the values of the radiative cross sections by an order of magnitude does not significantly influence the relaxation region; however, a large change occurs in not only the magnitude but also the extent of both the electron and excited state precursors. Increasing either the ground state continuum or the bound-bound cross section decreases the number of free electrons in front of the shock wave. These cross sections also influence the extent of the electron precursor through their influence on the ratio of the electrons produced by ground state photoionization to those produced by ground state photoexcitation followed by excited state photoionization. The bound-bound cross section also controls the excited state precursor, because the production of excited states is entirely due to line radiation. Increasing the excited state photoionization cross section increases both the magnitude and extent of the electron precursor, because the cross section influences the ratio of the two processes that compete to produce free electrons, and at the same time it influences the magnitude of the excited state precursor.     

Absolute H(e, 2e)p cross section measurements: Comparison with first and second order theory

Although the first Born approximation is appropriate to describe the total and double differential cross sections of the electron impact ionization for intermediate and high collision energies, the comparison with triple differential cross sections shows that the validity of this theory is only accidental.     

Positron-impact ionisation of atomic hydrogen in the presence of a bichromatic laser field

The positron impact-ionisation of atomic hydrogen in the presence of a linearly polarised bichromatic field is investigated in the first Born approximation.The field is composed of a fundamental frequency and its second harmonic.The state of positron in the field is described by the Volkov wavefunction,and the continuum state of the ejected electron is described by the Coulomb-Volkov wavefunction.The dressed ground state of target is a first order time-dependent perturbative wavefunction.The triple differential cross sections and their dependencies on laser field parameters are discussed and compared with the results modified by a monochromatic field.Numerical results show that the coherent phase control is significant and the laser-assisted ionisation cross sections caused by positron and electron are different.     

Measurement of electron swarm coefficients in C2F4-Xe and evidence of Penning ionization in C2F4-Ar

In this work, the coupled-channel optical method (CCOM) is implemented in a study of positron-rubidium (Rb) scattering at intermediate and high energies. The CCOM provides a realistic calculation for positron-atom scattering where the ab-initio optical potential accounts for the omitted continuum effect in the scattering system. The integral, positronium (Ps) formation and total cross sections are compared to experimental and other theoretical data where available.     

Scattering of antiprotons from carbon at 46.8 MeV

Antiproton-carbon elastic and inelastic scattering cross sections have been measured at 46.8 MeV over an angular range 6° ? θ ? 59° with a magnetic spectrometer. Fits to the elastic and inelastic 4.44 MeV excited state cross sections put realistic limits on the strengths of the real and imaginary parts of the antiproton-carbon optical potential. The continuum cross section due to carbon break-up appears to be smaller than it is for corresponding proton data.     

H<Superscript>+</Superscript><Emphasis Type="Bold">and He</Emphasis><Superscript>2+</Superscript> impact single and double ionization of lead

H⁺ and He²⁺ impact single and double ionization cross sections of ground state lead atoms have been calculated in the binary encounter approximation. Calculations of direct double ionization cross sections have been performed in the modified double binary encounter model. The accurate expressions of σ_ΔE (cross-section for energy transfer ΔE) and Hartree-Fock velocity distributions for the target electrons have been used throughout the calculations. Contributions to double ionization from Auger effect following ionization of inner shells have been considered in the present work. Our H⁺ impact single and double ionization cross sections are in good agreement with the experimental observations. In calculations of He²⁺ impact cross sections, the present theoretical approach shows limited success in the experimentally investigated region (50–350 keV amu^-1).     

Positronium formation for positron scattering from metastable hydrogen

Positronium(Ps) formation for positron impact on metastable hydrogen in 2s state has been studied by using the twochannel, two-center eikonal final state-continuum initial distorted wave(EFS-CDW) method. The differential, integrated,and total cross sections for Ps formation in different states have been calculated from each channel opening thresholds to high energy region. The results are compared with other theoretical calculations available in the literature. For Ps formation in s-state at intermediate and high energies, our results are in good agreement with the prediction of distorted wave theory.Those formed in p-states and the total Ps formation cross sections are reported for the first time. It is shown that the total Ps formation cross sections for positron scattering from H(2s) state are significantly larger at relatively low energies, while smaller at high energies, compared with those obtained from hydrogen in ground state.     

Sturmian Approach to Single Photoionization of CH4

Single photoionization cross sections for two different ground state orbitals of the molecule CH₄ are presented. An angular averaged molecular model potential is used to represent the interaction of the ionized electrons, whose continuum wave functions are calculated within a generalized Sturmian functions approach.     

Positronium beam technology

A newly constructed magnetically-guided positron beamline is described and investigations of positronium (Ps) interactions are reported. Using a timed beam and a double cell arrangement, the first direct measurements of Ps-Ar total cross sections have been made at intermediate energies. Preliminary results are presented.     

Calculation of photoionization cross sections by the absorbing boundary method

A new method for the calculation of quantum state decay rates, the absorbing boundary method (ABM), has recently been developed. In this talk the general form of the ABM will be outlined. The pseudo bound state approach to the calculation of continuum rates such as photoionization cross sections and used by Langhoff and coworkers will be briefly reviewed and shown to lack precision in the absence of information about the line widths and shapes of the pseudo bound states. It will then be noted that the ABM can be used to construct a rigorous new approach to the calculation of photoionization cross sections incorporating the necessary lifetime information for the pseudo bound states while still allowing the computation to be carried out by bound state procedures.     

质子碰撞电离过程中程函近似效应的理论研究

分别利用连续扭曲波方法和初态程函近似-连续扭曲波方法对质子碰撞电离氖原子1s,2s,2p壳层后随电离电子能量变化的单重微分散射截面(SDCS)和二重微分散射截面(DDCS)及总截面进行了计算,所得结果与部分实验数据符合得很好.详细探讨了各壳层SDCS和DDCS的细致结构以及质子碰撞的电离机制.结果表明,对于氖原子2p壳层,随着入射质子能量的增加,SDCS的区域变长,幅度减小,在低能区以软电离为主;而DDCS出现的峰均迅速减小.此外,分析了初态程函近似对SDCS和DDCS的影响,发现该效应对截面的影响在低能入射时非常明显,随着入射能量的增大,这种影响逐渐减弱.     

Coupled-channel optical calculation for positron—lithium scattering

Positron scattering with atomic lithium is investigated by using a coupled-channel optical method.The ionization continuum and positronium formation channels are taken into account via a complex equivalent-local optical potential.The positronium formation cross sections and the ionization cross sections,as well as the total scattering cross sections,are reported at energies above 3 eV and compared with available experimental and theoretical data.     

Selective observation of continuum transitions in the Pb+Pb quasimolecule

Cross sections for doubleK shell excitation and for the production of continuum x-rays in coincidence withK x-rays from 4.8 MeV/amu²⁰⁸Pb +²⁰⁸Pb collisions have been measured. A simple statistical model is presented to explain double vacancy contributions to the coincidence cross sections and the relative contributions of MO x-ray,K x-ray cascade and MO x-ray,K x-ray double vacancy coincidences are evaluated. These latter yields are found to be significant enough to make extraction of the cascade contribution to the measured coincidence yields problematic.     

The contribution of the central region of the electron energy spectrum to the total double photoionization cross section of helium in the asymptotic nonrelativistic energy region

The double photoionization of helium at high photon energies is considered using a nonrelativistic approach. The central region of the energy spectrum and its contribution to the total process cross section and to the ratio between the double and single ionization cross sections are studied. Interelectronic interaction in the initial state is included exactly, whereas the interaction between the fast outgoing electrons is calculated by perturbation theory. A detailed derivation of the expression for the cross section ratio between double and single ionizations is given. The corresponding results obtained by other authors are analyzed and corrected.