Direct Determination of the Fully Differential Cross Section by the Time-Dependent Wave Function

Abstract:

This paper aims to show that the fully differential ionization cross section when an antiproton collision with a hydrogen atom can be directly expressed as a time-dependent wave function. For the projectile, wave function corresponding to the specific scattering angle was converted by two-dimensional Fourier transform from the wave functions of corresponding to impact parameters. This wave function shows how the ejected electron probability density distribution varies with time. We are shown that the calculation of the fully differential cross section of ionization can be directly determined by the local value of the wave function without the need to calculate the spatial integral for calculating the transition amplitude. It has been shown that the direct determination of the fully differential cross section by this time-dependent wave function is in good agreement with the results of determined the traditional method is by the transition amplitude.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 1029)
• Pages: 19-26
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-HQk8Nu
• Online since: November 2025
• Authors: Zorigt Gombosuren, Khenmedekh Lochin, Aldarmaa Chuluunbaatar, Altangoo Ochirbat*
• Keywords: Collision, Imaging Theorem, Transition Amplitude, Triple Differential Cross Section

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