Fully differential cross sections for electron-impact ionization of sodium

Unitarity of the close-coupling formalism ensures that the total ionization cross section converges much faster than its individual l-components (Bray 1994 Phys. Rev. Lett. 73 1088). However, convergence in the latter is required when obtaining differential cross sections. This can be computationall...

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Main Authors: Bray, Igor, Fursa, Dmitry, Stelbovics, Andris
Format: Journal Article
Published: IOP Publishing Ltd 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42760
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author Bray, Igor
Fursa, Dmitry
Stelbovics, Andris
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Fursa, Dmitry
Stelbovics, Andris
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description Unitarity of the close-coupling formalism ensures that the total ionization cross section converges much faster than its individual l-components (Bray 1994 Phys. Rev. Lett. 73 1088). However, convergence in the latter is required when obtaining differential cross sections. This can be computationally difficult whenever the ionization threshold is relatively small, as is the case for sodium. Nevertheless, we present convergent close-coupling calculations of fully differential cross sections for electron-impact ionization of sodium and find very good agreement with the available experiment from near threshold through to high energies.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-427602017-09-13T14:29:24Z Fully differential cross sections for electron-impact ionization of sodium Bray, Igor Fursa, Dmitry Stelbovics, Andris Unitarity of the close-coupling formalism ensures that the total ionization cross section converges much faster than its individual l-components (Bray 1994 Phys. Rev. Lett. 73 1088). However, convergence in the latter is required when obtaining differential cross sections. This can be computationally difficult whenever the ionization threshold is relatively small, as is the case for sodium. Nevertheless, we present convergent close-coupling calculations of fully differential cross sections for electron-impact ionization of sodium and find very good agreement with the available experiment from near threshold through to high energies. 2008 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42760 10.1088/0953-4075/41/21/215203 IOP Publishing Ltd restricted
spellingShingle Bray, Igor
Fursa, Dmitry
Stelbovics, Andris
Fully differential cross sections for electron-impact ionization of sodium
title Fully differential cross sections for electron-impact ionization of sodium
title_full Fully differential cross sections for electron-impact ionization of sodium
title_fullStr Fully differential cross sections for electron-impact ionization of sodium
title_full_unstemmed Fully differential cross sections for electron-impact ionization of sodium
title_short Fully differential cross sections for electron-impact ionization of sodium
title_sort fully differential cross sections for electron-impact ionization of sodium
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42760