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Single- and Two-Centre Effects in Fully Differential Cross Sections for Single Ionization of H₂ Molecules by 75 KeV Protons
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
  • Marcelo F. Ciappina
  • Carmen A. Tachino
  • Roberto Daniel Rivarola
  • Sachin D. Sharma
  • Michael Schulz, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

We present theoretical calculations of single ionization of H2 molecules by 75 keV proton impact. The computed fully differential cross sections for different electron ejection geometries and projectile kinematical conditions are compared with recent measurements made by Hasan et al (2014 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 47 215201). We employ a molecular version of the continuum distorted wave-eikonal initial state model, where all the interactions present in the exit channel are considered on an equal footing. In addition, our approach allows us to incorporate different interference terms and to assess their influence. Overall, the agreement between experiment and theory is better than for the case of more sophisticated schemes for coplanar geometries.

Department(s)
Physics
Keywords and Phrases
  • Distortion (waves),
  • Impact ionization,
  • Ionization,
  • Atomic collision,
  • Continuum-distorted-wave eikonal-initial-state model,
  • Distorted-wave models,
  • Fully differential cross sections,
  • Interference effects,
  • Interference terms,
  • Single ionization,
  • Theoretical calculations,
  • Molecules
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2015 Institute of Physics - IOP Publishing, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
4-1-2015
Publication Date
01 Apr 2015
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Citation Information
Marcelo F. Ciappina, Carmen A. Tachino, Roberto Daniel Rivarola, Sachin D. Sharma, et al.. "Single- and Two-Centre Effects in Fully Differential Cross Sections for Single Ionization of H₂ Molecules by 75 KeV Protons" Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Vol. 48 Iss. 11 (2015) ISSN: 0953-4075
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/michael-schulz/123/