Polarization bremsstrahlung spectra of electron-rare-gas atom collisions at temperatures from 5 to 40 kK - art. no. 024705

We calculate the polarization bremsstrahlung spectra of electron-rare-gas a tom collisions from 5000 to 40 000 K with a quantum-mechanical line-shape c ode. The electron-atom interaction is modeled by a Hartree-Fock-Slater plus polarization potential and for the induced dipole, a model consistent with the polarization potential is used. Compared to the previously calculated ordinary electron-neutral atom bremsstrahlung spectra, polarization radiati on is significantly more intense at the lower temperatures and higher frequ encies considered here, otherwise it is relatively unimportant.