C 6+ -impact ionization of helium in the perpendicular plane: Ionization to the ground state, excitation-ionization, and relativistic effects
C 6+ -impact ionization of helium in the perpendicular plane: Ionization to the ground state, excitation-ionization, and relativistic effects
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C 6 -氦在垂直平面内的碰撞电离:电离到基态、激发电离和相对论效应
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2010
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H. Walters
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M. McGovern;C. Whelan;H. Walters
In search of the discrepancy between theory and experiment in perpendicular plane geometry for C{sup 6+} ionization of He at 100 MeV/amu, we have used the first and second Born approximations to examine whether ionization to an excited He{sup +} state could be significant, whether relativistic effects could be important, and whether there is substantive sensitivity to the He wave functions used in the calculations. We fail to find any explanation of the discrepancy. Of the three possibilities, only relativistic effects turn out to be significant but then only in changing the overall normalization of the cross section, not in changing its shape, which is a prerequisite to getting agreement with experiment. The second Born calculations are in excellent accord with previous impact parameter coupled pseudostate results [Phys. Rev. A 81, 042704 (2010)] and confirm, yet again, that elastic scattering of the projectile by the target nucleus cannot explain the discrepancy. The calculations are extended to the lower impact energy of 2 MeV/amu. Here, in perpendicular plane geometry, ionization to excited He{sup +} states becomes significant and we find an interesting 'oscillatory' structure in both the ground- and excited-state cross sections. Comparison is made with some relative experimental data and,more » although the agreement is poor, possibly because of the need to include experimental resolutions, there are nuances in the data that mirror the structures in the calculations.« less