Published February 1994 | Version v1
Journal article

Elastic scattering of electrons from Xe, Cs+, and Ba2+

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 (United States)
  • 2. Commissarit a l'Energie Atomique, Departement de Recherche Fondamentale Matiere Condensee, Laboratorie d'Ions Atomes et Agregats, Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Grenoble, Boite Postale No. 85X, 38041 Grenoble Cedex (France)

Description

Relativistic many-body perturbation theory is applied to study the elastic scattering of electrons from xenon and from the xenonlike ions Cs+ and Ba2+, below their respective inelastic thresholds. The quasiparticle equation for the electron scattering wave function is solved in second-order perturbation theory starting from the Hartree-Fock approximation. Phase shifts for partial waves with l=0--5 are determined as functions of electron momentum for each ion. The theoretical elastic scattering cross section for xenon is found to be in agreement with experiment, showing a Ramsauer-Townsend minimum below 1 eV. Agreement with experiment is also found for differential cross sections and scattering asymmetry functions for xenon. Differential cross sections and scattering asymmetry functions for Cs+ and Ba2+ are predicted at 10 eV

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
49
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 1041-1048.
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN