Investigation of Valence-shell Excitations of Helium by Electron Impact
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Abstract
With electron impact energy of 2 500 eV and energy resolution of 85 meV, the differential cross sections and the generalized oscillator strengths of the excitations of 1 1S→2 1S, 2 1P, 3 1S and 3 1P of helium has been measured by electron energy loss spectroscopy . Comparing with previous experimental and theoretical results, it seems that the first Born approximation is valid for these excitations under such an electron impact energy.
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