Low energy elastic and inelastic scattering of positrons from formic acid

dc.contributor.authorStevens, D.en
dc.contributor.authorDatar, Aadityaen
dc.contributor.authorCheong, Z.en
dc.contributor.authorSullivan, J. P.en
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-23T08:25:40Z
dc.date.available2025-05-23T08:25:40Z
dc.date.issued2024-09-13en
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents a detailed study of low energy positron scattering from formic acid, examining elastic scattering, electronic excitation and ionisation processes. Through detailed comparisons with previous experimental and theoretical data, it is clear that the picture for positron scattering from this target remains incomplete, with significant disagreement between experiment and theory in the comparisons of differential cross section data. Calculations of elastic electron scattering are unexpectedly in better agreement with the positron scattering experiments, and give some hints as to potential areas for improvement in the modelling of scattering for targets which tend to be dominated by dipole interactions.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by the Australian Research Council through the Discovery Projects program, Grant Number DP190100696. Aaditya Datar would also like to acknowledge the support of the Future Research Talent Award fellowship provided by the Australian National University. The authors are grateful to Mr Ross Tranter for the ongoing technical support of the experimental activities. We would also like to thank Professor Cynthia Trevisan and Professor Marcio Bettega for providing the tabulated theoretical data used in the comparison plots in this paper.en
dc.description.statusPeer-revieweden
dc.identifier.issn0953-4075en
dc.identifier.otherORCID:/0000-0003-4489-4926/work/184101161en
dc.identifier.scopus85199714824en
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85199714824&partnerID=8YFLogxKen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1885/733751867
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsPublisher Copyright: © 2024 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd.en
dc.sourceJournal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physicsen
dc.subjectdifferential cross sectionen
dc.subjectelectron scatteringen
dc.subjectformic aciden
dc.subjectlow energyen
dc.subjectpositron scatteringen
dc.titleLow energy elastic and inelastic scattering of positrons from formic aciden
dc.typeJournal articleen
dspace.entity.typePublicationen
local.contributor.affiliationStevens, D.; Australian National Universityen
local.contributor.affiliationDatar, Aaditya; Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Puneen
local.contributor.affiliationCheong, Z.; ANU College of Science and Medicine, The Australian National Universityen
local.contributor.affiliationSullivan, J. P.; Department of Nuclear Physics & Accelerator Applications, Research School of Physics, ANU College of Science and Medicine, The Australian National Universityen
local.identifier.citationvolume57en
local.identifier.doi10.1088/1361-6455/ad636aen
local.identifier.purebfea033a-5af1-4d1e-b1b9-c486f1a1aa24en
local.identifier.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85199714824en
local.type.statusPublisheden

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