Calculation of Cross Sections for Elastic Scattering of Electrons at Intermediate Energies by a Magnesium Atom

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2014
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Kariuki, P. K.
Okumu, J.
Singh, C. S.
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The African Review of Physics
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We have obtained differential and integral cross sections for elastic scattering of electrons by magnesium atom at 10 – 100 eV using a complex, local, energy-dependent, spherically-symmetric optical potential incorporating a modified semiclassical exchange potential. The results have been compared with available theoretical and experimental results. The present results are in good agreement with recent experimental results at electron impact energies E ³ 40 eV and are in qualitative agreement at lower energies. The results indicate the reliability of the modified exchange potential at higher energies in the intermediate energy range.
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Kariuki, P. K., Okumu, J., & Singh, C. S. (2014). Calculation of Cross Sections for Elastic Scattering of Electrons at Intermediate Energies by a Magnesium Atom. The African Review of Physics, 9.