Topics in electron capture by fast ions
The post-collision interaction (PCI) model was applied, together with the eikonal approximation, to study the (n = 2,3) capture cross sections in p + H(ls) collisions. The results indeed improve the previous eikonal calculations for l = 0 cases, and agree quite well with present experimental data. Calculations using the strong-potential Born (SPB) approximation, with the Sil and McGuire technique, for capture into the np, nd levels are also presented. While these cross sections are smaller than cross sections for capture into the ns levels at high velocities, nevertheless the Thomas peak is clearly evident in both the absolute value m = 2, absolute value m = 1 and m = 0 magnetic substates in p + H(ls) collisions. Also calculated were corrections to the SPB using the Distorted-Wave Born formalism of Taulbjerg and Briggs. In the sense of a plane-wave Born expansion, all terms of the third Born approximation and all single switching fourth Born terms are included, but a peaking approximation is needed to reduce the calculation to tractable form. Effects of the higher terms are most visible in the valley between the Thomas peak and the forward peak. The Thomas peak is visible in the correction term, even though it includes no second Born contributions.
- Research Organization:
- Arkansas Univ., Fayetteville (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 7222279
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ATOM COLLISIONS
BORN APPROXIMATION
CAPTURE
CATIONS
CHARGED PARTICLES
COLLISIONS
CORRECTIONS
CROSS SECTIONS
DATA
EIKONAL APPROXIMATION
ELECTRON CAPTURE
ELEMENTS
HYDROGEN
HYDROGEN IONS
HYDROGEN IONS 1 PLUS
INFORMATION
ION COLLISIONS
ION-ATOM COLLISIONS
IONS
NONMETALS
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