DIRAC R-MATRIX MODELING OF SPIN-INDUCED ASYMMETRY IN THE SCATTERING OF POLARIZED ELECTRONS FROM POLARIZED CESIUM ATOMS

Recent experiments by Baum, Raith, and co-workers to measure the spin- induced asymmetries in electron scattering from cesium have stimulated theoretical work to interpret these measurements. We present Dirac R- matrix calculations of the interference asymmetry function, and of the spin-orbit and spin-exchange asymmetries, for comparison with experim ental data at 7 and 13.5 eV and with nonrelativistic predictions of th e spin-exchange asymmetry from the convergent close coupling method. W e find that a simple relativistic target model provides a basis for th e understanding and analysis of ongoing experiments.