Photoionization cross sections, electron-impact inverse mean free paths, and stopping powers for each subshell of silvera)

Using the Herman-Skillman potentials and bound wave functions for each subshell of silver, we have computed the continuum wave functions, and subshell-by-subshell photoionization cross sections with photoelectron energies up to 10 keV. Applying a relationship between photoionization and electron impact ionization, we have obtained inverse mean free paths and stopping powers, again by subshell, for electrons penetrating through silver. The maximum electron energy considered is 100 keV. For the total photoionization cross section, comparison of our work with experiment shows excellent agreement for photon energies down to 100 eV, below which solid-state effects should be included. Theoretical total inverse mean free paths, being strongly dominated by contributions from 4d electrons, are in good agreement with data around 1 keV, but about a factor of 2 larger at energies below 100eV. Our stopping power is in good agreement with other theoretical work above 400 eV and approaches the relativistic Bethe formula above 10 keV. Range is also computed and is in good agreement with other theoretical work.