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Title: Low-Energy Elastic Electron Scattering from Helium Atoms
We reinvestigate a key process in electron-atom collision physics, the elastic scattering of electrons from helium atoms. Specifically, results from a special-purpose relativistic polarized-orbital method, which is designed to treat elastic scattering only, are compared with those from a very extensive, fully ab initio, general-purpose B-spline R-matrix (close-coupling) code.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2110023 1834740 1803844
PAR ID:
10317812
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Atoms
Volume:
9
Issue:
4
ISSN:
2218-2004
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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