Using measured cross-sections and polarizability data, an empirical scaling law is extracted for the electron collision single-ionization cross-section maxima of neutral atoms. We found that the cross sections scale linearly… Click to show full abstract
Using measured cross-sections and polarizability data, an empirical scaling law is extracted for the electron collision single-ionization cross-section maxima of neutral atoms. We found that the cross sections scale linearly with the target’s static polarizability. We confirm this observation using our present three-body classical trajectory Monte Carlo simulations.
               
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