Total Born-approximation cross sections for single-electron loss by atoms and ions colliding with atoms

Abstract

The first Born approximation (FBA) is applied to the calculation of single-electron-loss cross sections for various ions and atoms containing from one to seven electrons. Screened hydrogenic wave functions are used for the states of the electron ejected from the projectile, and Hartree-Fock elastic and incoherent scattering factors are used to describe the target. The effect of the target atom on the scaling of projectile ionization cross sections with repect to the projectile nuclear charge is explored in the case of hydrogenlike ions. Also examined is the scaling of the cross section with respect to the target nuclear charge for electron loss by ${\mathrm{Fe}}^{+25}$ in collision with neutral atoms ranging from H to Fe. These results are compared to those of the binary-encounter approximation (BEA) and to the FBA for the case of ionization by completely stripped target ions. Electron-loss cross sections are also calculated for the ions ${\mathrm{O}}^{+i}(i=3\ensuremath{-}7)$ and ${\mathrm{N}}^{+i}(i=0\ensuremath{-}6)$ in collision with He targets in the energy range of \ensuremath{\sim}0.1 to 100 MeV/nucleon. These results are found to be in excellent agreement with the available data near the peak of the ionization cross section.