Eur. Phys. J. D 62, 399-403 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2011-10644-0

Regular Article

Excitation of the 5p⁵7p levels of xenon by electron impact

¹ Physikalisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
² GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstrasse 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
³ Dept. of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, 247667 Roorkee, India
⁴ Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, York University, 4700 Keele St. M3J 1P3 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

^a e-mail: stauffer@yorku.ca

Received: 8 November 2010
Received in final form: 22 February 2011
Published online: 25 March 2011

Abstract

We have used our relativistic distorted-wave method to calculate cross sections for the electron-impact excitation of the ground state of xenon to all the 5p⁵7p fine-structure levels. The results are compared with the recent experimental measurements of Jung et al. [Phys. Rev. A 80, 062708 (2009)]. Analytic fits to our cross sections are also provided for use in plasma modeling studies.