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Title: Generalized oscillator strength and Coulomb excitation

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1 (Canada)

Coulomb interaction is characterized by two nondimensional fundamental quantities: the Sommerfeld parameter {eta} and the adiabaticity parameter {xi}={eta}{sub f}-{eta}{sub i}. In this different approach, we choose these variables to describe the behavior of the generalized oscillator strength (GOS). The expression we obtain is valid for scattering of electrons, positrons, and nuclei by arbitrary targets. We present asymptotic expansions, in the quantal and semiclassical approximation, of the electric dipole GOS.

OSTI ID:
20633729
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Vol. 67, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.67.022717; (c) 2003 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English