Research Catalog

Title

Atomic collisions : heavy particle projectiles / Earl W. McDaniel, J.B.A. Mitchell, M. Eugene Rudd.

Author

McDaniel, Earl Wadsworth, 1926-

Publication

New York : John Wiley & Sons, 1993.

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Additional Authors

• Mitchell, J. B. A. (J. Brian A.)
• Rudd, M. Eugene.

Description

xxix, 681 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subjects

• Collisions (Nuclear physics)
• Heavy particles (Nuclear physics)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• Ch. 1. Elastic Scattering of Heavy Particles. Pt. A. General Considerations; Theory. 1-2. Kinematics of Elastic Scattering; Classical Calculation of Cross Sections. 1-3. Potential Energy Curves and Surfaces. 1-4. Centrifugal Potential; One-Dimensional Radial Motion. 1-5. Classification of the Orbits in the Central Force Problem. 1-6. Semiclassical Approximations. 1-7. Quantum Theory. 1-8. References On Theory: Classical, Semiclassical, and Quantum. Pt. B. Heavy Particle Collisions at Low Energies. 1-9. Angular Distributions of Elastically Scattered Heavy Particles. 1-10. Apparatus and Techniques. 1-11. Experimental Data; Their Interpretation and Application. Pt. C. Heavy Particle Collisions at High Energies. 1-12. Neutral-Neutral Collisions at Energies Above a Few Tenths of an Electron Volt. 1-13. Ion-Neutral Collisions at Energies Above a Few Tenths of an Electron Volt -- Ch. 2. Excitation, Dissociation, and Energy Transfer in Heavy Particle Collisions. 2-2. Background Information.
• 2-3. Experimental Considerations: State-to-State Techniques. Pt. A. Excitation by Heavy Particle Impact. 2-4. Rotational Excitation. 2-5. Vibrational Excitation. 2-6. Electronic Excitation (Outer Shell). 2-7. Electronic Excitation (Inner Shell). 2-8. Alignment, Orientation, and State Multipoles in Heavy Particle Collisions. 2-9. Theory of Heavy Particle Excitation Processes. Pt. B. Collisional and Field Dissociation. 2-10. Experiment. 2-11. Theory. Pt. C. Energy Transfer in Heavy Particle Collisions. 2-13. Thermodynamic Equilibrium and Relaxation toward It. 2-14. Adiabaticity Parameter [actual symbol not reproducible] and Resonance Function R[actual symbol not reproducible]. 2-15. Theory of Energy Transfer Processes. 2-16. Experimental Studies -- Ch. 3. Chemical Dynamics and Chemical Reactions. Pt. A. General Considerations. 3-2. Domain of Chemical Dynamics. 3-3. Basic Experimental Considerations. Pt. B. Neutral-Neutral Reactions. 3-4. Reaction Mechanisms.
• 3-5. Advantages of the Crossed-Molecular-Beam Method. 3-6. Instruments and Experiments (Neutral-Neutral Reactions). Pt. C. Ion-Molecule Reactions (Beam Studies). 3-8. Instruments and Experiments (Ion-Molecule Reactions) -- Ch. 4. Ionization by Heavy Particle Impact. Pt. A. Measurement of Ionization Cross Sections. 4-2. Integral Ionization Cross Sections. 4-3. Differential Ionization Cross Sections. Pt. B. Theory of Ion Impact Ionization. 4-4. Classical Binary Encounter Approximation. 4-5. Quantum Mechanical Methods. 4-6. Classical-Trajectory Monte Carlo Method. 4-7. Semiempirical Models. Pt. C. Mechanisms and Special Topics in Ionization. 4-8. Electron Capture to the Continuum. 4-9. Saddle-Point Electrons. 4-10. Electron Promotion. 4-11. Autoionization and the Auger Effect. 4-12. Multiple Ionization. 4-13. Dissociative Ionization -- Ch. 5. Charge Transfer. 5-2. Description of Charge-Changing Processes. 5-3. Measurement of Charge-Transfer Cross Sections.
• 5-4. Theoretical Aspects of Charge Transfer. 5-5. One-Electron Transfer Processes. 5-6. Multielectron Transfer Processes. 5-7. Ion-Molecule Transfer Processes. 5-8. Ion-Ion Charge Transfer -- Ch. 6. Negative Ions. 6-2. Structure and Spectra of Negative Ions. 6-3. Methods of Measurement of Electron Affinities. 6-4. Mechanisms for Formation of Negative Ions. 6-5. Mechanisms for Destruction of Negative Ions. 6-6. Experimental Methods for Study of Negative-Ion Formation. 6-7. Dissociative Attachment. 6-8. Data on Electron Attachment. 6-9. Three-Body Attachment. 6-10. Detachment Processes -- Ch. 7. Ion Transport in Gases; Ion-Molecule Reactions at Low Energies. Pt. A. Ion Transport. 7-2. General Considerations. 7-3. Measurement of Ionic Transport Coefficients. 7-4. Theory of Ion Transport in Gases: Spherically Symmetric Potentials and Elastic Collisions. 7-5. Systems with Asymmetric Interaction Potentials; Systems in Which Inelastic Collisions Occur. 7-6. Laser Probing of Drifting Ions.
• Pt. B. Studies of Ion-Molecule Reactions by Flow-Drift and Ion Trap Techniques. 7-7. Flowing Afterglow Techniques. 7-8. Flow-Drift Tube of Albritton and and McFarland. 7-9. Selected Ion Flow Tube. 7-10. Selected Ion Flow-Drift Tube. 7-11. Low-Temperature Studies -- Ch. 8. Electron Swarms and Transport. 8-2. Experimental Methods. 8-3. Electron Transport Data. 8-4. Application of Transport Data -- Ch. 9. Electron-Ion and Ion-Ion Recombination. Pt. A. Electron-Ion Recombination. 9-2. Radiative Recombination. 9-3. Laser-Stimulated Radiative Recombination. 9-4. Dielectronic Recombination. 9-5. Collisional Radiative and Termolecular Recombination. 9-6. Dissociative Recombination. Pt. B. Ion-Ion Recombination. 9-7. Mutual Neutralization. 9-8. Termolecular Ion-Ion Recombination -- Appendix I Background Information on Atomic Structure and Spectra -- Appendix II Designation of Diatomic Molecular States -- Appendix III General References and Sources of Data.

ISBN

0471853089

LCCN

92026121

OCLC

• 26401999
• ocm26401999

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries