Distorted-wave methods for electron capture in ion-atom collisions
Distorted-wave methods for electron capture are discussed with emphasis on the surface term in the T matrix and on the properties of the associated integral equations. The surface term is generally nonvanishing if the distorted waves are sufficiently accurate to include parts of the considered physical process. Two examples are considered in detail. If distorted waves of the strong-potential Born-approximation (SPB) type are employed the surface term supplies the first-Born-approximation part of the T matrix. The surface term is shown to vanish in the continuum-distorted-wave (CDW) method. The integral kernel is in either case free of the dangerous disconnected terms discussed by Greider and Dodd but the CDW theory is peculiar in the sense that its first-order approximation (CDW1) excludes a specific on-shell portion of the double-scattering term that is closely connected with the classical Thomas process. The latter is described by the second-order term in the CDW series. The distorted-wave Born approximation with SPB waves is shown to be free of divergences. In the limit of asymmetric collisions the DWB suggests a modification of the SPB approximation to avoid the divergence problem recently identified by Dewangan and Eichler.
- Research Organization:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996; Joint Institute for Heavy Ion Research, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 5800697
- Journal Information:
- Phys. Rev. A; (United States), Vol. 33:5
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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