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Iteration wave function for describing the (e, 2e) spectrum of the helium atom

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The wave function of the ground state of the helium atom is derived by the variational-iteration technique with the Hylleraas-Eckart momentum representation of the wave function as a first approximation. This function is used to calculate the ratios of the differential cross sections σ(n=2)/σ(n=1) and σ(2p)/σ(2s) for helium ionized by an electron impact. The calculation is conducted in the plane-wave impulse approximation for symmetric noncoplanar kinematics of the (e, 2e) process. The results are compared with previous calculations in which variational wave functions of the configurational interaction type were used. Good agreement with the existing experimental data for σ(n=2)/σ(n=1) is obtained. The results are generalized to helium ions.

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  1. Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Turkmen Branch, Siberian Division, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, USSR

    I. I. Ippolitov, S. V. Katyurin & O. B. Glinkin

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  1. I. I. Ippolitov
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  2. S. V. Katyurin
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 12, pp. 45–50, December, 1986.

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Ippolitov, I.I., Katyurin, S.V. & Glinkin, O.B. Iteration wave function for describing the (e, 2e) spectrum of the helium atom. Soviet Physics Journal 29, 990–994 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00896001

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