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Nonperturbative treatment of excitation and ionization in U/sup 92 +/ +U/sup 91 +/ collisions at 1 GeV/amu

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)
Inner-shell excitation and ionization processes in relativistic collisions of very heavy ions are treated by a nonperturbative method for the first time. The time-dependent Dirac equation is solved by a finite difference method for the scattering of U/sup 92 +/ on U/sup 91 +/ at a value of E/sub lab/ corresponding to 1 GeV/amu and zero impact parameter. The K-shell ionization probabilities are compared with those resulting from first-order perturbation theory.
Research Organization:
Institut fuer Theoretische Physik der Justus-Liebig-Universitat, D-6300 Giessen, West Germany
OSTI ID:
5524481
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 56:19; ISSN PRLTA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English