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Corpuscular diagnostics of a hollow cathode discharge — II limit angle of inelastic scattering of ions by atoms

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The concept of limit angle of inelastic scattering is introduced and discussed in terms of classical mechanics. The limit angle is derived on the basis of the energy and momentum conservation laws, holding the inelastic scattering for the limit case of the central-field motion. It is evaluated for the potential of the formV(r) ∼ 1/r n, n=1; 2. The term “collision of two absolutely rigid spheres” is defined.

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  1. Institute of Plasma Physics, Czechosl. Acad. Sci., Prague, Pod vodárenskou věží 4, 180 69, Praha 8, Czechoslovakia

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The author wishes to thank Dr. R.Klíma for valuable comments and discussions and Dr. V.Kopecký for reading carefully the manuscript.

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Rybníček, J. Corpuscular diagnostics of a hollow cathode discharge — II limit angle of inelastic scattering of ions by atoms. Czech J Phys 29, 533–544 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01600174

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