Published May 1993 | Version v1
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Relativistic effects in spin- and light-polarization parameters for low energy electron-cesium scattering

Creators

  • 1. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)

Description

Based on a recent Dirac R-matrix (close-coupling) calculation, we derived the complete set of spin-polarization parameters (open-quotes generalized STU parametersclose quotes) for elastic and inelastic scattering of slow (Ekin ≤ 2.04 eV) spin-polarized electrons from polarized and unpolarized neutral Cs atoms. Our results, together with the light polarizations (open-quotes integrated Stokes parametersclose quotes) in the optical decays (6p)2P1/2,3/2o → (6s)2S1/2 allow for a quantitative estimate of the importance of relativistic effects. The predictions clearly deviate from those obtained by simply jj-recoupling an essentially nonrelativistic calculation

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Bulletin of the American Physical Society
Journal Volume
38
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 1105.ME94.
ISSN
0003-0503
CODEN
BAPSA6

Conference

Title
1993 American Physical Society annual meeting on atomic, molecular, and topical physics.
Dates
16-19 May 1993.
Place
Reno, NV (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
27079013
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CESIUM; ELECTRON-ATOM COLLISIONS; R MATRIX; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; SCATTERING; SPIN ORIENTATION
Descriptors DEC
ALKALI METALS; ATOM COLLISIONS; COLLISIONS; ELECTRON COLLISIONS; ELEMENTS; ENERGY RANGE; MATRICES; METALS; ORIENTATION

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Secondary number(s)
CONF-9305421--.