Asymptotic solution of a Coulomb multichannel scattering problem with

S. L. Yakovlev

Teoretičeskaâ i matematičeskaâ fizika, Tome 203 (2020) no. 2, pp. 269-279

Résumé

We develop a well-posed multiparticle Coulomb scattering problem based on asymptotic solutions of a Coulomb multichannel scattering problem constructed in the adiabatic representation. A key feature of the studied problem is that the nonadiabatic channel coupling matrix is nontrivial at large internuclear distances. We consider the scattering problem in the case with an arbitrary momentum value and study solutions for small channel coupling matrix values in detail, constructing explicit representations for the asymptotic solution of the scattering problem.

Détail

Keywords: multichannel Coulomb scattering, asymptotic solution of scattering problem, nonadiabatic channel coupling.

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