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Fock-Tani transformation and a first-order theory of charge transfer

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. A; (United States)

A unitary (Fock-Tani) transformation of the second-quantized Hamiltonian breaks the interaction into its component parts, e.g., elastic scattering, inelastic scattering, rearrangement interaction, etc. The interaction for a particular process is ''weaker'' than the overall interaction; this is reflected in certain orthogonality corrections which appear in a perturbation expansion of the T-matrix element. As a result, the internuclear potential makes a negligible contribution of order m/sub e//m/sub p/ to the first-order amplitude for charge transfer. We find very good agreement with experimental and the best available theoretical results for the total cross section for the reaction p+H(1s) H(1s)+p for energies greater than 10 keV and for the differential cross section at 25, 60, and 125 keV in an angular range of approx.1 mrad about the forward direction.

Research Organization:
Department of Physics, Institute of Chemical Physics and Institute of Theoretical Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403
OSTI ID:
6174666
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. A; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. A; (United States) Vol. 33:1; ISSN PLRAA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English