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Single ionization from water molecules by impact of protons, alpha particles and C6 + ions is studied. The post- and prior-versions of the continuum distorted wave-eikonal initial state (CDW-EIS) model within an independent electron approximation are employed to compute double differential cross sections. To avoid the complexity of using numerical molecular continuum states in the cross-section calculations, effective Coulombic continuum wavefunctions are employed. However, this may lead to the appearance of post–prior discrepancies and this fact is examined in detail. Moreover, the influence of the dynamic screening on this behaviour is studied. In addition, the contribution of different molecular orbitals to the angular spectrum is analysed for several ejection electron energies. Finally, the sensitivity of CDW-EIS calculations to the representation of the initial bound molecular orbitals is investigated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A complete formulation of the post-version of the continuum distorted wave-eikonal initial state (CDW-EIS) model is used to investigate single ionization of multishell atoms by fast bare proton beams. The influence of the non-ionized electrons on the dynamic evolution is studied for each of the different shells of the targets. Its inclusion was made by means of the parametric Green-Sellin-Zachor potential. In this way, it is shown that discrepancies between the prior- and post-versions of the CDW-EIS model are avoided for any nl states of the systems studied here. The present analysis is supported by comparisons with existing experimental electron emission spectra. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We investigate experimentally and theoretically the ionization of helium atoms by the impact of bare Li3+ projectiles at intermediate and high incident energies. We report on measured absolute values of doubly differential cross-sections, as a function of the emitted electron energies and angles, at collision energies of 200 and 440 keV u-1. Different physical aspects of the reaction are interpreted theoretically by comparison of the data with quantum-mechanical continuum distorted wave and continuum distorted wave-eikonal initial state calculations as well as classical trajectory Monte Carlo simulations. There is an overall good agreement of the calculations with the experimental data, which improves considerably for higher collision energies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We investigate experimentally and theoretically the electron emission in collisions between He atoms and (q = 1, 2) projectiles at intermediate to high incident energies. We report on measured absolute values of double-differential cross-sections, as a function of the emitted electron energy and angle, at a collision energy of 440 keV u−1. The different contributions from target ionization, projectile ionization, and simultaneous target–projectile ionization are calculated with the quantum-mechanical continuum distorted wave and continuum distorted wave–eikonal initial state models, and with classical trajectory Monte Carlo simulations. There is an overall good agreement of the calculations with the experimental data for electron emission cross-sections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]