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Calculation of electron scattering from the ground state of ytterbium

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Bostock, Christopher
Fursa, Dmitry
Bray, Igor
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2011
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Bostock, Christopher J. and Fursa, Dmitry V. and Bray, Igor. 2011. Calculation of electron scattering from the ground state of ytterbium. Physical Review A. 83 (5): pp. 052710-[10 pp.]
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Physical Review A
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We report on the application of the convergent close-coupling method, in both relativistic and nonrelativistic formulations, to electron scattering from ytterbium. Angle-differential and integrated cross sections are presented for elastic scattering and excitation of the states (6s6p)3P0,1,2, (6s6p)1P1o, (6s7p)1P1o, and (6s5d)1D2e for a range of incident electron energies. We also present calculations of the total cross section, and angle-differential Stokes parameters for excitation of the (6s6p)3P1o state from the ground state. A comparison is made with the relativistic distorted-wave method and experiments.