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Hyperspherical partial wave theory applied to electron hydrogen-atom ionization calculation for equal energy sharing kinematics

Atomic Physics 2009-11-07 v5

Abstract

Hyperspherical partial wave theory has been applied here in a new way in the calculation of the triple differential cross sections for the ionization of hydrogen atoms by electron impact at low energies for various equal-energy-sharing kinematic conditions. The agreement of the cross section results with the recent absolute measurements of R\"oder \textit {et al} [51] and with the latest theoretical results of the ECS and CCC calculations [29] for different kinematic conditions at 17.6 eV is very encouraging. The other calculated results, for relatively higher energies, are also generally satisfactory, particularly for large Θab\Theta_{ab} geometries. In view of the present results, together with the fact that it is capable of describing unequal-energy-sharing kinematics [35], it may be said that the hyperspherical partial wave theory is quite appropriate for the description of ionization events of electron-hydrogen type systems. It is also clear that the present approach in the implementation of the hyperspherical partial wave theory is very appropriate.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0210126,
  title  = {Hyperspherical partial wave theory applied to electron hydrogen-atom ionization calculation for equal energy sharing kinematics},
  author = {J. N. Das and S. Paul and K. Chakrabarti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0210126},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

16 pages, 9 figures, LaTeX file and EPS figures. To appear in Phys. Rev. A

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