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MR Flannery

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PubMed2000

Classical stark mixing at ultralow collision energies

Exact solutions of the time-dependent classical equations are obtained for the full array of angular momentum mixing transitions nl-->nl(') in atomic hydrogen induced by collisions with charged particles at ultralow energies. A novel classical expression for the transition probability P(l(')l) is presented. The exact classical results for P(l(')l)(alpha) as a function of l,l(') and the Stark parameter alpha agree exceptionally well with (exact) quantal results. They complement the quantal results by revealing essential characteristics which remain obscured in the quantal treatment.

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PubMed2000

Quantal-classical correspondence impulse theory

The quantal impulse cross section is derived in a novel form appropriate for direct classical correspondence. The classical impulse cross section is then uniquely defined and yields the first general classical expression for nl-n(')l(') collisional transitions. The derived cross sections satisfy the optical theorem and detailed balance. Direct connection with the classical binary encounter approximation is also firmly established. The unified method introduced is general in its application to various collision and recombination processes and enables new directions of enquiry to be pursued quite succinctly.

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