Electron capture from He(1s2) by protons. III
Robert A. Mapleton, Richard W. Doherty, Paul E. Meehan
Abstract
Robert A. Mapleton, Richard W. Doherty, Paul E. Meehan
Abstract
The prior (i), post (f), and distorted wave (dw) forms of the first Born approximation, and a one-parameter approximate helium wave function, are used to calculate cross sections for electron capture from $\mathrm{He}(1{s}^{2})$ by protons. These cross sections are calculated for capture into $\mathrm{H}(3lm)$, $l=1, 2$; $\ensuremath{-}1\ensuremath{\le}m\ensuremath{\le}1$, for impact energies, $10\ensuremath{\le}E\ensuremath{\le}1000$ keV, leaving the residual ion ${\mathrm{He}}^{+}(1s)$. The associated polarizations $P$ are calculated for the axis of quantization of H parallel to the direction of incidence, and the apparent cross sections ${Q}_{A}=3Q{(3\ensuremath{-}P)}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ are obtained from $P$ and the calculated cross sections $Q=\ensuremath{\Sigma}{m=\ensuremath{-}l}^{l}{Q}_{m}$. The $Q$ used to determine ${Q}_{A}$ are $Q(\mathrm{dw})$ and the arithmetic average of $Q(\mathrm{i})$ and $Q(\mathrm{f})$. Of these two sets, ${Q}_{A}(\mathrm{dw})$ predicts the measured ${Q}_{A}(3p)$ more successfully for $E<250$ keV, and the measured ${Q}_{A}(3d)$ better for $E<200$ keV. For larger values of $E$ both sets predict the measured values equally well. In the range $15\ensuremath{\le}E\ensuremath{\le}60$ keV, the effect of $P(\mathrm{dw})$ is more marked for capture into $\mathrm{H}(3p)$ than into $\mathrm{H}(3d)$.
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The prior (i), post (f), and distorted wave (dw) forms of the first Born approximation, and a one-parameter approximate helium wave function, are used to calculate cross sections for electron capture from $\mathrm{He}(1{s}^{2})$ by protons. These cross sections are calculated for capture into $\mathrm{H}(3lm)$, $l=1, 2$; $\ensuremath{-}1\ensuremath{\le}m\ensuremath{\le}1$, for impact energies, $10\ensuremath{\le}E\ensuremath{\le}1000$ keV, leaving the residual ion ${\mathrm{He}}^{+}(1s)$. The associated polarizations $P$ are calculated for the axis of quantization of H parallel to the direction of incidence, and the apparent cross sections ${Q}_{A}=3Q{(3\ensuremath{-}P)}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ are obtained from $P$ and the calculated cross sections $Q=\ensuremath{\Sigma}{m=\ensuremath{-}l}^{l}{Q}_{m}$. The $Q$ used to determine ${Q}_{A}$ are $Q(\mathrm{dw})$ and the arithmetic average of $Q(\mathrm{i})$ and $Q(\mathrm{f})$. Of these two sets, ${Q}_{A}(\mathrm{dw})$ predicts the measured ${Q}_{A}(3p)$ more successfully for $E<250$ keV, and the measured ${Q}_{A}(3d)$ better for $E<200$ keV. For larger values of $E$ both sets predict the measured values equally well. In the range $15\ensuremath{\le}E\ensuremath{\le}60$ keV, the effect of $P(\mathrm{dw})$ is more marked for capture into $\mathrm{H}(3p)$ than into $\mathrm{H}(3d)$.
Key concepts: Physics, Electron capture, Atomic physics, Born approximation, Electron, Crystallography, Nuclear physics, Chemistry