Identity for the Total Cross Section in an Inelastic Collision

1969 ◽  
Vol 179 (4) ◽  
pp. 982-983 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. H. Bransden ◽  
J. F. Reading
Author(s):  
F. L. Arnot ◽  
G. O. Baines ◽  
Herbert Stanley Allen

A considerable amount of experimental work has been done in investigating the total cross-section of an atom for collision with an electron in various gases. The total cross-section is measured by determining the number of electrons deflected out of a homogeneous beam, or which have their energy decreased, as the beam passes through the gas. For a complete knowledge of collision processes, it is necessary to know not only the total cross-section for collision but also the cross-section of the atom for various specific types of collision. The total cross-section can be divided into two main partial cross-sections—that for elastic collision and that for inelastic collision. The latter may be subdivided into the cross-section for excitation and the cross-section for ionization. The cross-section for excitation may then be further subdivided into the various cross-sections pertaining to the numerous discrete energy losses that the electron may suffer in its collision with the atom.


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L. S. Barabash ◽  
R. Binz ◽  
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