Formulation of the impact parameter method for general atom-atom collisions

1 March 1972

journal article
Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics

Vol. 5 (3) , 559-570
https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3700/5/3/023

Abstract

The impact parameter method is formulated for general atom-atom collisions, taking full account of the electron spin. A full discussion of reflection symmetry in the scattering plane is given and a useful relation resulting from time-reversal invariance is derived. The validity of the impact parameter method is then investigated for the near resonant charge exchange process H⁺+Xe to H+Xe⁺(²P₁2/). Good agreement with experiment is obtained.

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