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Spin Polarization in Electron-Atom Scattering

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Coherence in Atomic Collision Physics

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The investigation of spin effects is an effort to probe the electron-atom collision process in greater detail than is possible through conventional cross-section measurements. This effort is part of a broad study of coherence in atomic collision physics that has been reviewed by a number of authors in a volume edited by Kleinpoppen and Williams.(1) The present chapter is part of a review of the progress made since then. Studies of coherence and polarization in electron-collision physics have been reviewed previously also by Hanne,(2) Blum and Kleinpoppen,(3) Slevin,(4) and Kessler.(5)

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Hanne, G.F. (1988). Spin Polarization in Electron-Atom Scattering. In: Beyer, H.J., Blum, K., Hippler, R. (eds) Coherence in Atomic Collision Physics. Perspectives on Individual Differences. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9745-9_2

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