LB-CONTENTS 
GROUP I
: Elementary Particles, Nuclei and Atoms 
VOLUME 17 

Photon and Electron Interactions with Atoms, Molecules and Ions 
SUBVOLUME B Collisions of Electrons with Atomic Ions 
Title Page, Contributors, Preface 0 
General introduction 
1 
Photon interactions with atoms (See Vol. 17A) 
2 
Electon collisions with atoms (See Vol. 17A) 
3	
Electron collisions with atomic ions 1

3.1	
Excitation (A.K. PRADHAN, H.L. ZHANG) 1

3.1.1	
Introduction 1

3.1.2	
Theory 2

3.1.3	
Comparison with experiments 9

3.1.4	
Scaling laws, analysis of data, and databases 18

3.1.5	
Data tables and accuracy ratings 19

3.1.6	
References for 3.1 96

3.2	
Ionization (H. TAWARA) 103

3.2.1	
Introduction and general description 103

3.2.2	
Experimental techniques for ion targets 103

3.2.3	
Contribution of various processes to ionization 105

3.2.4	
Experimental results of ionization cross sections of ions 107

3.2.5	
Short description of theories 116

3.2.6	
Evaluated ionization cross sections for ions 116

3.2.7	
Empirical formula for ionization cross sections 127

3.2.8	
References for 3.2 129

Appendix: Data sources for the experimental ionization cross sections of atomic ions 130

3.3	
Electron ion recombination processes (Y. HAHN) 140

3.3.1	
Introduction 140

3.3.2	
General discussion 141

3.3.3	
Direct processes 145

3.3.4	
Indirect processes - dielectronic recombination 150

3.3.5	
Plasma density effects - field and collisional perturbations 153

3.3.6	
Conclusion 155

3.3.7	
Explanation for the use of tables 156

3.3.8	
Tables 157

3.3.9	
References for 3.3 209

3.4	
Electron detachment from negative ions (H. TAWARA) 211

3.4.1	
Introduction 211

3.4.2	
Electron detachment cross sections 212

3.4.3	
Theoretical treatments 216

3.4.4	
Empirical formulas for electron detachment 217

3.4.5	
Resonance states in electron detachment under electron impact 217

3.4.6	
References for 3.4 219




