https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530050025
Classical impact parameter approximation: Application to atomic collisions with n independent electrons and to recoil analysis
Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie
Moléculaire, UMR 5803 CNRS-Université
Bordeaux I, 351 cours de la Libération,
33405 Talence, France
Received:
25
June
1999
Published online: 15 February 2000
We show that a classical Impact Parameter Method may be derived when taking fully into account the smallness of the ratio between the electron and nuclear masses. It allows to calculate, exactly as in the quantum version, projectile scattering and therefore recoil momenta required for the interpretation of recent measurements. We prove an additivity theorem which allows, in particular, to reduce the n-non-interacting electron problem to a set of n one-electron problems. Consequences for the interpretation of target recoil measurements are discussed.
PACS: 34.10.+x – General theories and models of atomic and molecular collisions and interactions (including statistical theories, transition state, stochastic and trajectory models, etc.) / 34.50.Fa – Electronic excitation and ionization of atoms (including beam-foil excitation and ionization)
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2000
