Electron-impact excitation-autoionization in the cadmium isoelectronic sequence: A case of target term dependence in scattering theory

Journal Article · Sun May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983 · Phys. Rev. A; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.27.2331· OSTI ID:5908786

Pindzola, M S; Griffin, D C; Bottcher, C

Excitation-autoionization contributions to electron-impact ionization are calculated for several atomic ions in the cadmium isoelectronic sequence. We calculate excitation cross sections in the distorted-wave approximation and compare them in one case to a calculation in the close-coupling approximation. We focus attention on the 4d/sup 10/5s/sup 2/..-->..4d/sup 9/5s/sup 2/nf inner-shell excitations in In/sup +/, Sb/sup 3 +/, and Xe/sup 6 +/. Hartree-Fock atomic structure calculations for the 4d/sup 9/5s/sup 2/nf configurations are found to be highly term dependent. Thus our predictions for the total ionization cross section from the 5s subshell for these ions exhibit strong target term dependence. Our Xe/sup 6 +/ results are found to be in excellent agreement with the recent experimental crossed-beam measurements of Gregory and Crandall.

• Research Organization: Department of Physics, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849
• OSTI ID: 5908786
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. A; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. A; (United States) Vol. 27:5; ISSN PLRAA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ANTIMONY IONS
ATOMIC IONS
CHARGED PARTICLES
COLLISIONS
CROSS SECTIONS
ELECTRON COLLISIONS
ELECTRON-ION COLLISIONS
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
EXCITATION
INDIUM IONS
ION COLLISIONS
IONIZATION
IONS
MULTICHARGED IONS
TOTAL CROSS SECTIONS
XENON IONS