Electron Scattering from a Center of Force in Strong Magnetic Fields

Abstract

A variable amplitude method developed within nonrelativistic quantum mechanics is applied to scatterings of charged particles with a screened Coulomb potential in a uniform magnetic field. Transmission and reflection coefficients in a case of electron scattering are calculated for transitions from the Landau orbital specified by quantum numbers n and m to the one specified by those n′ and m in the range of incident energy along the magnetic field from 1 to 10⁴ eV and in that of the magnetic field from 10⁸ to 10¹² Gauss. Results are compared with those obtained by a Born-like approximation and the applicability of the latter method to this problem is discussed.