Fully relativistic convergent close-coupling method for excitation and ionization processes in electron collisions with atoms and ions

Phys Rev Lett. 2008 Mar 21;100(11):113201. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.113201. Epub 2008 Mar 20.

Abstract

We report the development of the fully relativistic convergent close-coupling method based on the solution of the Dirac equation. A complete square-integrable Dirac L-spinor basis is used to obtain a set of target states spanning the target discrete and continuous positive- and negative-energy spectra. The present implementation is for quasi-one-electron atoms whose electronic configuration corresponds to the first column of the periodic table. By way of example, we consider elastic scattering of 7 eV electrons on the ground state of cesium, where the full set of spin asymmetries (A1, A2, Ann) has been measured. Excellent agreement with experiment is found.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't