A comparison of the theoretical and experimental results for keV electron scattering from argon

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Vos, M ^a   McEachran, R P ^a   Zhu, Lin Fan ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

electron scattering, argon; generalized oscillator strength; relativistic distorted wave

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894537333     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: 13616455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/47/5/055201     Document Type: Article

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