Cross sections for electron-impact excitation of neutral atoms

Abstract

We present a study theoretical on the scaling of plane wave Born cross section for electron impact by atoms, more specifically, integral cross sections for He, Na, K, and Hg. The calculations were performed using a simple modification of the original scaling method proposed by Y.K. Kim (Phys. Rev. A 64 (2001) 032713) and comparison of our calculated results with experimental data shown qualitative agreement.