Statistical Treatment of Ionization in Atomic Collisions
- 5 February 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 154 (1) , 12-16
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.154.12
Abstract
A previously derived statistical model of atomic collisions is discussed and applied to the problem of ionization in the collision of two slow heavy atoms. The diffusion equation (in energy of excitation) resulting from the model is solved for a simplified nontrivial model. A universal curve is obtained for the cross section for single ionization. The experimental data of Lee and Gilbody are fitted remarkably well.Keywords
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