Methodical aspects of the quantitative collision spectropolarimetry of emission of hydrogen atoms excited by proton impact: II. Solution of the collision problem

Various methods of collision theory are used to calculate dependences of th e degree of linear polarization of the emission of hydrogen atoms, which is expected to be observed in experiments, on the energy of an excitation pro ton beam under the assumption that the linear polarization is of the impact nature. Comparison of these dependences with the experimental data is used to draw inferences about the suitability of one or another method to the c alculation of polarization characteristics of an excited ensemble of partic les. Starting from the experimental values of polarization for emission obs erved in the H-alpha and H-beta lines, the energy of an excitation proton b eam is estimated.