Eikonal theory of electron-atom collisions

✍ Scribed by Charles J. Joachain

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1973
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 985 KB
• Volume: 6
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0010-4655
• DOI: 10.1016/0010-4655(73)90044-1

✦ Synopsis

The application of eikonai methods to electron-atom scattering is reviewed. After recalling the basic features of the eikonal approximation, we discuss the Glauber theory, the eikonal-Born series method, the eikonal optical model theory and the eikonal distorted wave approach. We also give a survey of recent results obtained for electron-hydrogen and electron-helium collisions at intermediate energies.

* Invited paper presented at the conference on "Numerical Methods in Electron-Atom Collisions",