A fully relativistic approach to photon scattering and photoionization of alkali atoms

A fully relativistic approach to calculating photoionization and photon-atom scattering cross sections for quasi one-electron atoms is presented. An extensive set of photoionization cross sections have been calculated for alkali atoms: Lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium and cesium. The importance...

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Main Authors: Singor, Adam, Fursa, Dmitry, Bray, Igor, McEachran, R.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2021
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89042
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author Singor, Adam
Fursa, Dmitry
Bray, Igor
McEachran, R.
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description A fully relativistic approach to calculating photoionization and photon-atom scattering cross sections for quasi one-electron atoms is presented. An extensive set of photoionization cross sections have been calculated for alkali atoms: Lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium and cesium. The importance of relativistic effects and core polarization on the depth and position of the Cooper minimum in the photoionization cross section is investigated. Good agreement was found with previous Dirac-based B-spline R-matrix calculations of Zatsarinny and Tayal and recent experimental results.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-890422022-08-19T06:04:52Z A fully relativistic approach to photon scattering and photoionization of alkali atoms Singor, Adam Fursa, Dmitry Bray, Igor McEachran, R. A fully relativistic approach to calculating photoionization and photon-atom scattering cross sections for quasi one-electron atoms is presented. An extensive set of photoionization cross sections have been calculated for alkali atoms: Lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium and cesium. The importance of relativistic effects and core polarization on the depth and position of the Cooper minimum in the photoionization cross section is investigated. Good agreement was found with previous Dirac-based B-spline R-matrix calculations of Zatsarinny and Tayal and recent experimental results. 2021 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89042 10.3390/atoms9030042 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ fulltext
spellingShingle Singor, Adam
Fursa, Dmitry
Bray, Igor
McEachran, R.
A fully relativistic approach to photon scattering and photoionization of alkali atoms
title A fully relativistic approach to photon scattering and photoionization of alkali atoms
title_full A fully relativistic approach to photon scattering and photoionization of alkali atoms
title_fullStr A fully relativistic approach to photon scattering and photoionization of alkali atoms
title_full_unstemmed A fully relativistic approach to photon scattering and photoionization of alkali atoms
title_short A fully relativistic approach to photon scattering and photoionization of alkali atoms
title_sort fully relativistic approach to photon scattering and photoionization of alkali atoms
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89042