TY - JOUR
T1 - Electron scattering by atoms and ions using the Breit-Pauli Hamiltonian
T2 - An R-matrix approach
AU - Scott, N.S.
AU - Burke, P.G.
PY - 1980/1/1
Y1 - 1980/1/1
N2 - The R-matrix method describing the scattering of low-energy electrons by complex atoms and ions is extended to include terms of the Breit-Pauli Hamiltonian. An application is made to the astrophysically important 1s 2s S-1s 2s2p P transition in Fe XXIII, where in the most accurate calculations carried out all terms of the 1s 2s, 1s2s2p and 1s2p configurations are included in the expansion describing the collision. This gives up to 28 coupled channels for each total angular momentum and parity which are solved on a CRAY-1. The collision strengths are increased by more than a factor of two from their non-relativistic values at all energies considered.
AB - The R-matrix method describing the scattering of low-energy electrons by complex atoms and ions is extended to include terms of the Breit-Pauli Hamiltonian. An application is made to the astrophysically important 1s 2s S-1s 2s2p P transition in Fe XXIII, where in the most accurate calculations carried out all terms of the 1s 2s, 1s2s2p and 1s2p configurations are included in the expansion describing the collision. This gives up to 28 coupled channels for each total angular momentum and parity which are solved on a CRAY-1. The collision strengths are increased by more than a factor of two from their non-relativistic values at all energies considered.
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U2 - 10.1088/0022-3700/13/21/022
DO - 10.1088/0022-3700/13/21/022
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0001204959
VL - 13
SP - 4299
EP - 4314
JO - Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics
JF - Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics
SN - 0022-3700
IS - 21
ER -