Published May 1994 | Version v1
Journal article

Use of the factorized form for the collision strength in exploration of the effect of the generalized Breit interaction

  • 1. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 (United States)

Description

Expressions are given for the convenient factorized form [Bar-Shalom, Klapisch, and Oreg, Phys. Rev. A 38, 1773 (1988)] for the collision strength with inclusion of the generalized Breit interaction. This is used to explore further the importance of the inclusion of the generalized Breit interaction in calculating electron-impact excitation cross sections or collision strengths, by considering the inner-shell excitation of Be-like uranium and the n=2 to n=3 transitions in neonlike xenon and uranium

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Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
49
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 3704-3711.
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN