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To calculate the elastic and inelastic scattering of charged particles colliding with hydrogen atoms using diffraction theory.

April 1, 1968Physical Review Letters

Diffraction Theory of Scattering by Hydrogen Atoms

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VFVictor FrancoLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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Theoretical modeling reveals increased elastic scattering intensities at small momentum transfers in hydrogen atoms, indicating limitations in the standard first Born approximation.

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To calculate the elastic and inelastic scattering of charged particles colliding with hydrogen atoms using diffraction theory.
Applied diffraction theory to model elastic and inelastic scattering dynamics of charged particles passing hydrogen atoms.
Calculated electron scattering intensities and compared the results against the standard first Born approximation framework.
Calculated scattering intensities for elastically scattered electrons were significantly greater at small momentum transfers than values derived from the first Born approximation.
Diffraction effects produced substantial deviations from perturbation theory under low momentum transfer conditions.

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Victor Franco (1968) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8ad4079d5fb440a3be92e5 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.20.709

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Theoretical modeling reveals increased elastic scattering intensities at small momentum transfers in hydrogen atoms, indicating limitations in the standard first Born approximation.

Diffraction Theory of Scattering by Hydrogen Atoms

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Diffraction Theory of Scattering by Hydrogen Atoms

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