Open AccessTheoretical study of cross sections of excitation and ionization for electron-ion impact in average-atomic model
Author(s) -
Tian Ming-Feng,
Meng Xu-Jun,
Zhu Xi-Rui,
Jiang Min-Hao,
Zhigang Wang
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.54.4673
Subject(s) - ionization , atomic physics , ion , excitation , plasma , electron ionization , electron , materials science , molar ionization energies of the elements , physics , nuclear physics , quantum mechanics
By using a distorted-wave Born exchange approximation method in averaged-atomic model, we calculated the direct excitation and direct ionization cross sections of several ions in plasmas. The ionization cross sections of ions at different temperatures or different plasma densities are systematically studied. It is found that due to the shift of the energy levels produced by the effects of the temperature and the density of plasma, the ionization cross sections of ions in plasmas are rather different from those of free atoms.