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52 Continuum Distorted Wave and Wannier Methods
Derrick Crothers, Fiona McCausland, John Glass, Jim F. McCann,
Francesca O’Rourke, Ruth T. Pedlow
............................................ 775
52.1 Continuum Distorted Wave Method ..................................... 775
52.1.1 Perturbation Theory ............................................. 775
52.1.2 Relativistic Continuum-Distorted Waves ...................... 778
52.1.3 Variational CDW ................................................. 778
52.1.4 Ionization ........................................................ 779
52.2 Wannier Method .......................................................... 781
52.2.1 The Wannier Threshold Law .................................... 781
52.2.2 Peterkop’s Semiclassical Theory ................................ 782
52.2.3 The Quantal Semiclassical Approximation .................... 783
References ........................................................................ 786
53
Ionization in High Energy Ion–Atom Collisions
Joseph H. Macek, Steven T. Manson ............................................ 789
53.1 Born Approximation ..................................................... 789
53.2 Prominent Features ...................................................... 792
53.2.1 Target Electrons ................................................. 792
53.2.2 Projectile Electrons .............................................. 796
53.3 Recent Developments .................................................... 796
References ........................................................................ 796
54
Electron–Ion and Ion–Ion Recombination
M. Raymond Flannery ............................................................ 799
54.1 Recombination Processes ................................................ 800
54.1.1 Electron–Ion Recombination ................................... 800
54.1.2 Positive–Ion Negative–Ion Recombination ................... 800
54.1.3 Balances ......................................................... 800
54.2 Collisional-Radiative Recombination ................................... 801
54.2.1 Saha and Boltzmann Distributions ............................ 801
54.2.2 Quasi-Steady State Distributions .............................. 802
54.2.3 Ionization and Recombination Coefficients ................... 802
54.2.4 Working Rate Formulae ......................................... 802
54.3 Macroscopic Methods .................................................... 803
54.3.1 Resonant Capture-Stabilization Model:
Dissociative and Dielectronic Recombination ................. 803
54.3.2 Reactive Sphere Model: Three-Body Electron–Ion
and Ion–Ion Recombination ................................... 804
54.3.3 Working Formulae for Three-Body Collisional
Recombination at Low Density ................................. 805
54.3.4 Recombination Influenced by Diffusional Drift at High Gas
Densities ......................................................... 806
54.4 Dissociative Recombination ............................................. 807
54.4.1 Curve-Crossing Mechanisms .................................... 807
54.4.2 Quantal Cross Section ........................................... 808
54.4.3 Noncrossing Mechanism ........................................ 810
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