https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2017-70789-2
Regular Article
Differential cross sections for the electron impact ionization of Ar (3p) atoms for equal energy final state electrons*
Department of Physics, School of Engineering, Sir Padampat Singhania University, Bhatewar, 313 601 Udaipur, India
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e-mail: ghanshyam.purohit@spsu.ac.in
Received: 15 December 2016
Received in final form: 22 February 2017
Published online: 9 June 2017
The electron-impact ionization of inert gases for asymmetric final state energy sharing conditions has been studied in detail. However, there have been relatively few studies examining equal energy final state electrons. We report in this communication the results of triple differential cross sections (TDCSs) for electron impact ionization of Ar (3p) for equal energy sharing of the outgoing electrons. We calculate TDCS in the modified distorted wave Born approximation (DWBA) formalism including post collision interaction (PCI) and polarization potential. We compare the results of our calculation with available measurements [Phys. Rev. A 87, 022712 (2013)]. We study the effect of PCI, target polarization on the trends of TDCS for the single ionization of Ar (3p) targets.
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