The variation with electron scattering angle of the polarization of atomic line radiation excited by electron impact

Abstract

Information on both the relative magnitudes and phases of the various scattering amplitudes can be obtained by measuring the angular correlation of inelastically scattered electrons with the emitted photons in the electron impact excitation of atomic line radiation. As an example, excitation of sodium resonance radiation by electron impact at energies close to threshold is examined using close coupling T of Karule and Peterkop.