Relativistic and Close-Coupling Effects in the Spin Polarization of Low-Energy Electrons Scattered Elastically from Cadmium

The measurements of the Sherman function in elastic electron-cadmium scattering by Bartsch et al. [J. Phys. B 25, 1511 (1992)] have been in serious disagreement with scattering theories for nearly two decades. The recently developed relativistic convergent close-coupling method is applied to the pro...

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Main Authors: Bostock, Christopher, Berrington, Michael, Fursa, Dmitry, Bray, Igor
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Published: The American Physical Society 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48397
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Berrington, Michael
Fursa, Dmitry
Bray, Igor
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description The measurements of the Sherman function in elastic electron-cadmium scattering by Bartsch et al. [J. Phys. B 25, 1511 (1992)] have been in serious disagreement with scattering theories for nearly two decades. The recently developed relativistic convergent close-coupling method is applied to the problem and found to be in excellent agreement with experiment over the complete energy range measured. The unusually rapid variation in the spin asymmetry parameter in the vicinity of 4 eV projectile energy is now explained in terms of unitarity of the close-coupling formalism.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-483972017-09-13T15:59:40Z Relativistic and Close-Coupling Effects in the Spin Polarization of Low-Energy Electrons Scattered Elastically from Cadmium Bostock, Christopher Berrington, Michael Fursa, Dmitry Bray, Igor The measurements of the Sherman function in elastic electron-cadmium scattering by Bartsch et al. [J. Phys. B 25, 1511 (1992)] have been in serious disagreement with scattering theories for nearly two decades. The recently developed relativistic convergent close-coupling method is applied to the problem and found to be in excellent agreement with experiment over the complete energy range measured. The unusually rapid variation in the spin asymmetry parameter in the vicinity of 4 eV projectile energy is now explained in terms of unitarity of the close-coupling formalism. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48397 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.093202 The American Physical Society restricted
spellingShingle Bostock, Christopher
Berrington, Michael
Fursa, Dmitry
Bray, Igor
Relativistic and Close-Coupling Effects in the Spin Polarization of Low-Energy Electrons Scattered Elastically from Cadmium
title Relativistic and Close-Coupling Effects in the Spin Polarization of Low-Energy Electrons Scattered Elastically from Cadmium
title_full Relativistic and Close-Coupling Effects in the Spin Polarization of Low-Energy Electrons Scattered Elastically from Cadmium
title_fullStr Relativistic and Close-Coupling Effects in the Spin Polarization of Low-Energy Electrons Scattered Elastically from Cadmium
title_full_unstemmed Relativistic and Close-Coupling Effects in the Spin Polarization of Low-Energy Electrons Scattered Elastically from Cadmium
title_short Relativistic and Close-Coupling Effects in the Spin Polarization of Low-Energy Electrons Scattered Elastically from Cadmium
title_sort relativistic and close-coupling effects in the spin polarization of low-energy electrons scattered elastically from cadmium
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48397