515 research outputs found
Similarity between positronium-atom and electron-atom scattering
We employ the impulse approximation for description of positronium-atom
scattering. Our analysis and calculations of Ps-Kr and Ps-Ar collisions provide
theoretical explanation of the similarity between the cross sections for
positronium scattering and electron scattering for a range of atomic and
molecular targets observed by S. J. Brawley et al. [Science 330, 789 (2010)].Comment: 10 pages, 3 figure
Ps-atom scattering at low energies
A pseudopotential for positronium-atom interaction, based on electron-atom
and positron-atom phase shifts, is constructed, and the phase shifts for Ps-Kr
and Ps-Ar scattering are calculated. This approach allows us to extend the
Ps-atom cross sections, obtained previously in the impulse approximation [Phys.
Rev. Lett. 112, 243201 (2014)], to energies below the Ps ionization threshold.
Although experimental data are not available in this low-energy region, our
results describe well the tendency of the measured cross sections to drop with
decreasing velocity at a.u. Our results show that the effect of the
Ps-atom van der Waals interaction is weak compared to the polarization
interaction in electron-atom and positron-atom scattering. As a result, the Ps
scattering length for both Ar and Kr is positive, and the Ramsauer-Townsend
minimum is not observed for Ps scattering from these targets. This makes Ps
scattering quite different from electron scattering in the low-energy region,
in contrast to the intermediate energy range from the Ps ionization threshold
up to a.u., where the two are similar.Comment: 26 pages, 10 figure
Dissociative electron attachment and vibrational excitation of : Effect of two vibrational modes revisited
We present a study of dissociative electron attachment and vibrational
excitation processes in electron collisions with the CFCl molecule. The
calculations are based on the two-dimensional nuclear dynamics including the
C-Cl symmetric stretch coordinate and the CF symmetric deformation
(umbrella) coordinate. The complex potential energy surfaces are calculated
using the ab initio R-matrix method. The results for dissociative attachment
and vibrational excitation of the umbrella mode agree quite well with
experiment while the cross section for excitation of the C-Cl symmetric stretch
vibrations is about a factor of three low as compared to experimental data.Comment: 24 pages, 7 figures, submitted to Physical Review
Neuroadaptive LBS: towards human-, context-, and task-adaptive mobile geographic information displays to support spatial learning for pedestrian navigation
Well-designed, neuroadaptive mobile geographic information displays (namGIDs) could improve the lives of millions of mobile citizens of the mostly urban information society who daily need to make time critical and societally relevant decisions while navigating. What are the basic perceptual and neurocognitive processes with which individuals make movement decisions when guided by human- and context-adaptive namGIDs? How can we study this in an ecologically valid way, also outside of the highly controlled laboratory? We report first ideas and results from our unique neuroadaptive research agenda that brings us closer to answering this fundamental empirical question. We present our first implemented methodological solutions of novel ambulatory evaluation methods to study and improve Location-based System (LBS) displays, by critical examination of how perceptual, neurocognitive, psychophysiological, and display design factors might influence decision-making and spatial learning in pedestrian mobility across broad ranges of users and mobility contexts
Positronium collisions with rare-gas atoms
We calculate elastic scattering of positronium (Ps) by the Xe atom using the
recently developed pseudopotential method [I. I. Fabrikant and G. F. Gribakin,
Phys. Rev. A 90, 052717 (2014)] and review general features of Ps scattering
from heavier rare-gas atoms: Ar, Kr, and Xe. The total scattering cross section
is dominated by two contributions: elastic scattering and Ps ionization
(breakup). To calculate the Ps ionization cross sections we use the
binary-encounter method for Ps collisions with an atomic target. Our results
for the ionization cross section agree well with previous calculations carried
out in the impulse approximation. Our total Ps-Xe cross section, when plotted
as a function of the projectile velocity, exhibits similarity with the
electron-Xe cross section for the collision velocities higher than 0.8 a.u.,
and agrees very well with the measurements at Ps velocities above 0.5 a.u.Comment: 7 pages, 7 figures, submitted to J. Phys.
Photodetachment of H near a partial reflecting surface
Theoretical and interpretative study on the subject of photodetachment of
H near a partial reflecting surface is presented, and the absorption
effect of the surface is investigated on the total and differential cross
sections using a theoretical imaging method. To understand the absorption
effect, a reflection parameter is introduced as a multiplicative factor to
the outgoing detached-electron wave of H propagating toward the wall. The
reflection parameter measures, how much electron wave would reflect from the
surface; K=0 corresponds to no reflection and K=1 corresponds to the total
reflection.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figure
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