Study of spin polarisation in elastic scattering of electrons from Hg, Tl, Pb and Bi atoms
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Vol. 20 (1) , 151-165
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3700/20/1/018
Abstract
Unpolarised electrons were scattered elastically from unpolarised Hg, Tl, Pb and Bi atoms and the polarisation of the scattered electrons was measured for scattering angles between 30 degrees and 130 degrees in the energy range from 6 to 180 eV. The influence of the outer-shell configuration of the target atom on the polarisation is discussed. The results are compared with a recent calculation by Haberland and Fritsche (1987). To a good approximation the elastic collision process can be described by potential scattering in the energy range studied.Keywords
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