Direct and capture processes in proton-hydrogen scattering. II. Total cross sections for bombarding energies of 1 to 50 keV

The authors present total cross sections for direct and transfer processes in p-H scattering in the energy range between 1 and 50 keV. The results were obtained (as those of a previous pilot study at 2 and 8 keV) by numerical solution of the time-dependent Schrodinger equation in the impact parameter approximation by expansion in a pseudobasis set of the Hylleraas type. The authors discuss, in some detail, the properties of the coupled-channel equations involved and compare the calculated cross sections with the available experimental data.