Inelastic Atomic Scattering. II

Abstract
Cross sections for the transitions P322←P122 in an alkali atom in collision with a rare-gas atom have been calculated for thermal impact energies by the use of a modified ``distorted-wave'' approximation. These calculations are part of a continuing comparison study on the effectiveness of several different approximations in predicting intermultiplet transitions. Numerical results agree qualitatively with experiment but this agreement is fortuitous and is not the immediate aim of the calculation. The critical features of such calculations are briefly discussed.

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