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This chapter gives an overview of basic atomic physics processes occurring in a high-energy collision of an ion with an atom. These processes include ionization of the atom, electron loss from the ion, nonradiative and radiative electron transfer from the atom to the ion, as well as electron–positron pair production. Atomic units (\(e=m_{\mathrm{e}}=\hbar=1\), where e is the elementary charge, me is the electron mass, and ℏ Planck's constant) are used throughout unless otherwise stated.
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Voitkiv, A. (2023). Basic Atomic Processes in High-Energy Ion–Atom Collisions. In: Drake, G.W.F. (eds) Springer Handbook of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. Springer Handbooks. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73893-8_57
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