V A Bernshtam et al 2000 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 33 5025 doi:10.1088/0953-4075/33/22/305
V A Bernshtam, Yu V Ralchenko and Y Maron
Show affiliationsPlasma ionization composition and level population calculations require, in particular, the cross sections of direct ionization from each quantum state into each state which may be generated by means of removal of any electron. We analysed published data and propose here an empirical formula for cross sections of direct electron-impact ionization of positive atomic ions. The cross sections given by this formula are in satisfactory agreement with those calculated in the distorted-wave (DW) approximation; therefore, we believe that for any direct state-to-state ionization channel this formula provides a reasonably accurate prediction of the DW result. Comparisons with published data and with the Lotz formula are reported as well.
Issue 22 (28 November 2000)
Received 21 August 2000
V A Bernshtam et al 2000 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 33 5025
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