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Published In
Physical Review A
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-1988
Subjects
Ionization phenomena, Photoelectricity, Wave functions, Nuclear shell theory
Abstract
A comparative study of three decent theoretical formalisms by Anholt, Scofield, Becker, and coworkers (1978-85) for K-shell ionization by highly relativistic protons has been carried out. The importance of the spin-flip mechanism is emphasized. It is concluded that in the analysis of such inner-shell ionization processes, an accurate description of the projectile-target interaction is of much more significance than the accuracy of the wave functions of the atomic electrons.
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevA.37.3169
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/7676
Citation Details
Rustgi, M. L., Leung, P. T., & Long, S. T. (1988). Ionization of K-shell electrons by highly relativistic protons. Physical Review A (General Physics), 37(8), 3169-3171.
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