Abstract
We report an extension and modification of the MCN model of Haque et al (2013 Rad. Phys. Chem. 91 50-9) (XMCN) to study the electron impact ionization of inner L and M shells of neutral atoms by introducing new parameters of the MCN model. The extended XMCN model, including the relativistic effect, has been applied with success to evaluate ionization cross-sections of various atomic targets with Z = 38-92 for both individual subshells and total L-shell and the corresponding cross-sections for the M shell for Z = 79-92 at incident energies E Threshold ≪ T ≪ 1 GeV. A comparison with other available theoretical and experimental cross-sections reveals that our results reproduce the experimental measurements with a reasonable accuracy.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 055005 |
Journal | Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 14 Feb 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd.
Keywords
- electron impact ionization
- relativistic energy
- sub-shell ionization
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Condensed Matter Physics