Large-angle inelastic electron-hydrogen scattering in the Glauber approximation

Abstract

Large-angle inelastic scattering is considered using the Glauber approximation for the scattered wave function, but without the additional approximation of purely transverse linear momentum transfer. At large angles, the electron-proton interaction dominates and has Rutherford ${q}^{\ensuremath{-}4}$ behavior. Furthermore, with the direction of $\stackrel{\ensuremath{\rightarrow}}{\mathrm{q}}$ unrestricted the $\mathrm{L}\mathrm{y}\ensuremath{-}\ensuremath{\alpha}$ radiation is found to be, in general, elliptically polarized.