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Analytical expression of transition form factors from discrete spectrum nS states to continuum states of hydrogen-like atoms

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The new approach to calculation of transition form factors of hydrogen-like atoms is proposed. The explicit analytical expressions of transition form factors from arbitrary discrete states to continuum are obtained in terms of classical polynomials.

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Original Russian Text © O.O. Voskresenskaya, S.M.-K. Bakmaev, 2006, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Fizika Elementarnykh Chastits i Atomnogo Yadra, 2006, No. 6 (135), pp. 33–37.

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Voskresenskaya, O.O., Bakmaev, S.M.K. Analytical expression of transition form factors from discrete spectrum nS states to continuum states of hydrogen-like atoms. Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. 3, 359–361 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1547477106060033

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