CONTENTS OF DIPLOMA WORK:
 
 

Gábor VARGA
 
 

Investigation of He-Ni scattering by normalised distorted wave Born approximation (1984)


1. Introduction .........................................................................................................................................1
 

2. Interaction potential .............................................................................................................................3

2.1 Qualitative interpretation of neutral atom surface scattering ..................................................3

2.2 The semi-empirical relations of interaction potential ..............................................................7

2.3 The interaction potential .....................................................................................................11
 

3. Classical mechanics models ................................................................................................................14

3.1 General relations .................................................................................................................14

3.1.1 The n dimensional semi-infinity lattice ................................................................14

3.1.2 Determination of surface atom motion in semi-infinity lattice ...............................20

3.1.3 Solution function of 1D and 3D lattice ...............................................................22

3.1.4 Determination of surface atom motion on arbitrary lattice forces.........................24

3.1.5 Classical thermal motion of surface atoms ........................................................27

3.1.6 The role of repulsive and attractive forces ........................................................30

3.1.8 Classical model atom - surface scattering in 1D case ........................................36

3.2 Hard cubic model ...............................................................................................................41

3.3 Soft cubic model .................................................................................................................47


 
 

QUANTUM MECHANICAL MODELS


4. Potential scattering and Born approximation by Fredholm type integral equation ................................52
 

5. Discussion of scattering theory by Lippmann-Schwinger equations .....................................................62

5.1 Interaction representation ...................................................................................................62

5.2 S operator ..........................................................................................................................62

5.3 Transient probability ...........................................................................................................71

5.4 Lippmann-Schwinger equation ............................................................................................77

5.5 Potential scattering .............................................................................................................80

5.6 Distorted Born approximation ............................................................................................82
 
 

6.1 Hard wall model with Rayleigh condition ............................................................................85

6.1.1 Data set analysis ................................................................................................85

6.1.2 Hard wall model ................................................................................................89

6.1.4 Eikonal approximation .......................................................................................92

6.2 Normalised distorted wave Born approximation ..................................................................96

in the case of soft exponentially corrugated potential /NDWBA/
 
 

7. Interaction potential of He - metal surface as a function of coverage .................................................105
 
 

7.1 Shape of the Ni surface .....................................................................................................106
 
 

8. Description of computer programs ....................................................................................................109
 
 

8.1 Classical and quantum mechanical programme ..................................................................109

8.2 Direct and inverse scattering problem in the case of NDWBA .........................................112

8.2.1 Determination of VG,0 Fourier coefficient ......................................................114

8.2.2 Determination of open channels ......................................................................116

8.2.3 Solution of inverse problem .............................................................................118

8.3 Graphical representation ...................................................................................................119
 
 

9. Analysis of numerical results .............................................................................................................120
 
 

9.1 Accuracy of results ...........................................................................................................120

9.2 Validity range of NDWBA ................................................................................................124
 
 

10. Summary ........................................................................................................................................126
 
 

11. References ......................................................................................................................................129


 
 

APPENDIX



 

1.1 Block diagram of hard wall model ......................................................................................................1

1.2 Program list of hard wall model ..........................................................................................................2
 
 

2. Direct and inverse NDWBA programme:
 
 

2.1 block diagram .....................................................................................................................................4

2.2 programme list ...................................................................................................................................6

2.3 results ..............................................................................................................................................13
 
 

2.4 Results of hard wall model ................................................................................................................16