Relativistic convergent close-coupling method calculation of the spin polarization of electrons scattered elastically from zinc and mercury
We present spin-asymmetry parameters (Sherman functions) for elastic electron scattering on zinc and mercury atoms calculated using the relativistic convergent close-coupling method for quasi-two-electron atoms above an inert core. The results for mercury are in excellent agreement with experiment a...
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| author | Bostock, Christopher Fursa, Dmitry Bray, Igor |
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| description | We present spin-asymmetry parameters (Sherman functions) for elastic electron scattering on zinc and mercury atoms calculated using the relativistic convergent close-coupling method for quasi-two-electron atoms above an inert core. The results for mercury are in excellent agreement with experiment across a wide range of energies. Similarly for zinc, we find excellent agreement between theory and experiment for energies below 9.0 eV. However, at 11.0 eV there is a discrepancy between theory and experiment, most likely due to a resonance excitation of a core electron. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-34682017-09-13T16:01:58Z Relativistic convergent close-coupling method calculation of the spin polarization of electrons scattered elastically from zinc and mercury Bostock, Christopher Fursa, Dmitry Bray, Igor We present spin-asymmetry parameters (Sherman functions) for elastic electron scattering on zinc and mercury atoms calculated using the relativistic convergent close-coupling method for quasi-two-electron atoms above an inert core. The results for mercury are in excellent agreement with experiment across a wide range of energies. Similarly for zinc, we find excellent agreement between theory and experiment for energies below 9.0 eV. However, at 11.0 eV there is a discrepancy between theory and experiment, most likely due to a resonance excitation of a core electron. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3468 10.1103/PhysRevA.85.062707 American Physical Society restricted |
| spellingShingle | Bostock, Christopher Fursa, Dmitry Bray, Igor Relativistic convergent close-coupling method calculation of the spin polarization of electrons scattered elastically from zinc and mercury |
| title | Relativistic convergent close-coupling method calculation of the spin polarization of electrons scattered elastically from zinc and mercury |
| title_full | Relativistic convergent close-coupling method calculation of the spin polarization of electrons scattered elastically from zinc and mercury |
| title_fullStr | Relativistic convergent close-coupling method calculation of the spin polarization of electrons scattered elastically from zinc and mercury |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relativistic convergent close-coupling method calculation of the spin polarization of electrons scattered elastically from zinc and mercury |
| title_short | Relativistic convergent close-coupling method calculation of the spin polarization of electrons scattered elastically from zinc and mercury |
| title_sort | relativistic convergent close-coupling method calculation of the spin polarization of electrons scattered elastically from zinc and mercury |
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