IONIZATION OF HEAVY INERT-GASES BY SPIN-POLARIZED ELECTRONS

Citation
Dh. Madison et al., IONIZATION OF HEAVY INERT-GASES BY SPIN-POLARIZED ELECTRONS, Canadian journal of physics, 74(11-12), 1996, pp. 816-821
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
ISSN journal
00084204
Volume
74
Issue
11-12
Year of publication
1996
Pages
816 - 821
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-4204(1996)74:11-12<816:IOHIBS>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
In the collision of a spin-polarized electron with an atom, if is only natural to assume that any observed difference between spin-up and sp in-down electrons must originate from spin-dependent forces in the int eraction. However, it has been known for sometime that, for inelastic electron-atom scattering, a non-zero spin asymmetry can result from th e coulomb interaction ignoring spin-dependent forces on the projectile , In this paper, it is demonstrated that the same type of effect may b e expected for ionization of the heavier inert gases. Theoretical resu lts are compared with recent unpublished experimental measurements.