Interference Effect in the Relativistic Inner Shell Ionization of Atoms by Electron Impact

Abstract

We present in this paper, the results of our calculation of right-left asymmetry in the relativistic (e, 2e) processes for inner K-shell ionization of atoms. The calculation has been performed in plane wave Born approximation (PWBA) using one photon exchange approximation. The triple differential cross section (TDCS), in plane wave Born approximation (PWBA) can be factorized into products of electron kinematic factors and atomic structure functions [Donnely (1984)]. The right left asymmetry in the relativistic (e, 2e) process on the K-shell of the atoms has been shown to depend on the interference between the transition charge and component of the transition current in the scattering plane. Further, we discuss the dependence of right-left asymmetry on the incident electron energy, atomic number of the target and scattering angle.