Applications of artificial neural networks to proton-impact ionization double differential cross sections

We use artificial neural networks (ANNs) to study proton impact single ionization double differential cross sections of atoms and molecules. While widely used in other fields, to our knowledge, this is the first time that an ANN has been used to study differential cross sections for atomic collisions. ANNs are trained to learn patterns in data and make predictions for cases where no data exists. We test the validity of the ANN’s predictions by comparing them to known measurements and find that the ANN does an excellent job of predicting the known data. We then use the ANN to make predictions of cross sections where no data currently exists