Abstract
Using distorted waves for the incident, scattered and ejected electrons, and including polarisation effects triple differential cross sections are calculated for the ionisation of helium by the impact of electrons in the range 80 to 105 eV and compared with experimental data. The shapes obtained for the ejected-electron angular distribution agree well with one previous theoretical calculation, but disagree with another. The results are not particularly sensitive to the description used for the incident electron and target, nor to the inclusion of polarisation and static exchange potentials when calculating the scattered electron wavefunction.