1966Proceedings of the Physical SocietyOpen access

Excitation of H atoms by fast protons

Ian M. Cheshire, H. Lee Kyle

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A simple formula for the total Born cross section for the excitation of ground state H atoms to any excited state n is given and a table of cross sections is included for representative n and impact energies.

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A simple formula for the total Born cross section for the excitation of ground state H atoms to any excited state n is given and a table of cross sections is included for representative n and impact energies.

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A simple formula for the total Born cross section for the excitation of ground state H atoms to any excited state n is given and a table of cross sections is included for representative n and impact energies.

Key concepts: Excitation, Atomic physics, Excited state, Ground state, Cross section (physics), Table (database), Simple (philosophy), Physics

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