Jn. Das et S. Dhar, SYMMETRICAL SCATTERING IN ELECTRON AND POSITRON-IMPACT IONIZATION OF METASTABLE 2S-STATE HYDROGEN-ATOMS, Pramana, 47(4), 1996, pp. 263-269
Triple differential cross sections for ionization of hydrogen atoms in
the metastable 2s-state by the impact of electrons and positrons have
been calculated for coplanar symmetric geometry. In this calculation
a multiple scattering theory due to Das [10] and Das and Seal [11] has
been used. An analysis of the results reveals that unlike scattering
from the ground state, scattering from 2s-state is essentially a highe
r order process except for the binary collision direction. Moreover, h
ere, the cross section results for 2s-state are much larger compared t
o those for scattering from the ground state. It is also found that th
e ionization mechanism at large scattering angles for ionization from
the 2s-state is different from that for ionization from the ground sta
te.