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FIRST-ORDER EXCHANGE APPROXIMATION

Journal Article · · Proc. Roy. Soc. (London) Ser. A
It is shown that when the Born approximation is applied to rearrangement collisions in the customary way, terms of the first order in the interaction energy between the colliding particles are omitted from the exchange scattering amplitude. If these terms are retained the arbitrariness which arises from the lack of orthogonality between the initial and final state wave functions is removed. The firstorder exchange approximation derived is employed to calculate the cross sections for the 1s-2s and 1s-2p excitations of hydrogen atoms by electron impact and the elastic scattering of electrons by hydrogen atoms. (auth)
Research Organization:
Queen's Univ., Belfast
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
NSA Number:
NSA-18-005941
OSTI ID:
4132711
Journal Information:
Proc. Roy. Soc. (London) Ser. A, Journal Name: Proc. Roy. Soc. (London) Ser. A Vol. Vol: 276
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English

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