Collisional processes of interest in MFE plasma research. Annual report, October 1, 1980-September 30, 1981

Research on this contract can be divided into two general topics: (1) D- formation collision processes, and (2) the determination of scattering cross sections used to diagnose properties of magnetically-confined plasmas. For topic (1) during last year, we completed theoretical calculations on the differential (angular) scattering of H0 and D0 on Cs, and determined the mechanisms and trends in the electron detachment cross sections for collisions of H- and D- on He, Ne, and the alkali and heavy alkaline earth atom systems. On topic (2) a major accomplishment was the determination of the electron capture and ionization cross sections for the C5+, N5+, and O6+ + H systems in the energy range from 13 eV/amu to 2.1 MeV/amu