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Quantum-mechanical study of ionization in slow collisions of antiprotons with hydrogen atoms

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Yoshinodai, Sagamihara 229-8510 (Japan)
The cross sections for the ionization p+H{yields}p+p+e at low collision energies are computed with a complete quantum-mechanical method of time-dependent wave-packet propagation, which was applied to the protonium formation ({yields}pp+e) by the present author [Phys. Rev. A 65, 012706 (2002)]. The ionization process shows very large cross sections even near threshold energy. An impact-parameter semiclassical method, in which the trajectory bending is taken into account by the introduction of the adiabatic potential, is also examined for the calculation of the ionization cross section. The semiclassical results are in good agreement with the quantum-mechanical results.
OSTI ID:
20650013
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 70; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English