Interferenzen bei atomaren Stoßprozessen und ihre Interpretation durch ein modifiziertes Lennard-Jones-Potential

The influence of the shape of the interatomic potential on the total and differential scattering cross section, with special consideration given to interference effects, was numerically studied with the help of a 5 parameter modified Lennard-Jones potential. It is shown that the experimental data for the systems Na-Kr and Na-Xe, for which precise measurements are available, can be well reproduced with the use of such a potential. The absolute value and velocity dependence of the total scattering cross section as well as rainbow scattering and rapid oscillations in the differential scattering cross section were all used in the comparison of the calculated with the experimental values. In addition, the modified potential has been used in a re-evaluation of recent experimental results for alkali metal —inert gas scattering.