DWBA-G calculations of electron impact ionization of noble gas atoms

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Kheifets, A S ^a   Naja, A ^b,c   Casagrande, E M Staicu ^b,c   Lahmam Bennani, A ^b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; BORN APPROXIMATION; HELIUM; INERT GASES; IONIZATION; IONIZATION OF GASES;

DISTORTED WAVE BORN APPROXIMATION (DWBA); ELECTRON IMPACT-IONIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; NOBLE GAS ATOMS; POST-COLLISION INTERACTION (PCI);

IMPACT IONIZATION;

EID: 47249115206     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: 13616455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/41/14/145201     Document Type: Article

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