Electron-impact ionisation of atoms and ions

Recently the non-relativistic convergent close-coupling method has been extended into the relativistic domain [1]. When applied to electron impact collision processes for highly charged hydrogen-like ions, the RCCC method that utilizes relativistic kinematics and the Coulomb interaction in the absen...

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Main Authors: Bray, Igor, Fursa, Dmitry, Stelbovics, Andris
Other Authors: Jim F Williams
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd. 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9542
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author Bray, Igor
Fursa, Dmitry
Stelbovics, Andris
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Bray, Igor
Fursa, Dmitry
Stelbovics, Andris
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description Recently the non-relativistic convergent close-coupling method has been extended into the relativistic domain [1]. When applied to electron impact collision processes for highly charged hydrogen-like ions, the RCCC method that utilizes relativistic kinematics and the Coulomb interaction in the absence of QED Breit and Mller corrections is suitable for target ions with atomic number Z up to Z 30. For Z larger than 30, such QED corrections become significant and must be included in the calculations. We have modified the RCCC computer code accordingly and report the results for Z = 100 selected excitation cross sections and for U91+ ionization cross sections which were found to be in good agreement with previous calculations of Fontes et al.[2].
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-95422022-12-09T05:23:40Z Electron-impact ionisation of atoms and ions Bray, Igor Fursa, Dmitry Stelbovics, Andris Jim F Williams Steve Buckman Evan J Bieske convergent close-coupling method Recently the non-relativistic convergent close-coupling method has been extended into the relativistic domain [1]. When applied to electron impact collision processes for highly charged hydrogen-like ions, the RCCC method that utilizes relativistic kinematics and the Coulomb interaction in the absence of QED Breit and Mller corrections is suitable for target ions with atomic number Z up to Z 30. For Z larger than 30, such QED corrections become significant and must be included in the calculations. We have modified the RCCC computer code accordingly and report the results for Z = 100 selected excitation cross sections and for U91+ ionization cross sections which were found to be in good agreement with previous calculations of Fontes et al.[2]. 2009 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9542 10.1088/1742-6596/185/1/012003 Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd. restricted
spellingShingle convergent close-coupling method
Bray, Igor
Fursa, Dmitry
Stelbovics, Andris
Electron-impact ionisation of atoms and ions
title Electron-impact ionisation of atoms and ions
title_full Electron-impact ionisation of atoms and ions
title_fullStr Electron-impact ionisation of atoms and ions
title_full_unstemmed Electron-impact ionisation of atoms and ions
title_short Electron-impact ionisation of atoms and ions
title_sort electron-impact ionisation of atoms and ions
topic convergent close-coupling method
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9542