Relativistic heavy-particle collision theory /
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| Author / Creator: | Crothers, Derrick S. F. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, c2000. |
| Description: | ix, 307 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Physics of atoms and molecules. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4359921 |
Table of Contents:
- 1.. Heavy-Particle Ion-Atom Collisions
- 1.. Introduction to Non-Relativistic Collisions
- 2.. Introduction to Relativistic Collisions
- 3.. Lorentz Transformations
- 4.. The Dirac Equation
- 5.. Dirac Equation in a Central Field
- 2.. Relativistic Electron Capture
- 1.. Distorted Wave Theories of Nonradiative Capture
- 2.. Relativistic OBK Theory
- 3.. Relativistic Continuum Distorted Waves
- 4.. The Relativistic Symmetric Eikonal Model
- 5.. Asymmetric Theories
- 6.. Results and Discussion
- 3.. Second-Order Theories
- 1.. Second-Order Theories of Relativistic Electron Capture
- 2.. Relativistic OBK1 and Peaking Approximations
- 3.. The Relativistic Bates Approximation
- 4.. Relativistic OBK2
- 5.. The Relativistic Impulse Approximation
- 6.. Half-on-Shell OBK2
- 4.. Radiative Electron Capture
- 1.. Introduction to Radiative Electron Capture
- 2.. Collision System
- 3.. Distorted-Wave Method
- 4.. 2s Bound-State Wavefunctions
- 5.. Target Roothan-Hartree-Fock Bound States
- 6.. Results and Discussion
- 5.. Relativistic Ionization
- 1.. Introduction to Relativistic First Born and Distorted-Wave Born Approximations
- 2.. Implications of Assuming a Straight Line Trajectory
- 3.. Spin Flip/Non-Flip Considerations
- 4.. Derivation of the Cross-Section Formulae
- 5.. Residual Interaction for RDWB (Prior) Approximation
- 6.. Matrix Elements
- 7.. Results and Conclusions
- 6.. Relativistic Continuum Distorted Waves
- 1.. Introduction to Relativistic Continuum Distorted Wave-Eikonal Initial State and (Post) Distorted Wave Born Approximations
- 2.. RCDW Wavefunctions
- 3.. Derivation of the Residual Interaction
- 4.. Matrix Elements
- 5.. Computational Details
- 6.. Results and Conclusions
- 7.. Processes Involving Pair Production
- 1.. Introduction to Transitions Involving Electron-Positron Pair Production
- 2.. Crossing Symmetries
- 3.. Physics of Ionization and Pair Production Capture
- 4.. Wavefunctions for Processes Involving Pair Production
- 5.. Results and Conclusions
- 6.. Antihydrogen Production
- Appendices
- A.. Thomas Double Scattering
- B.. RCDW Bethe-Integrals
- 1.. Target Centred Integrals
- 2.. Projectile Centred Integrals
- C.. Eikonal Integrals
- 1.. Target Centred Integrals
- 2.. Projectile Centred Integrals
- D.. The Relativistic Field-Free Propagator
- E.. Asymptotic Formulae
- 1.. Nonflip
- 2.. Flip
- F.. The Relativistic Impulse Approximation
- G.. RDWB Matrix Elements
- H.. Continuity Relation
- I.. Matrix Element Checks
- References
- Index
