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The electron-proton low energy bremsstrahlung process is investigated in a two-component plasma. The corrected Kelbg potential taking into account the quantum effects is applied to describe the electron-proton interaction potential in a two-component plasma. The straight-line trajectory method is applied to the motion of the projectile electron in order to investigate the variation of the bremsstrahlung cross-section as a function of the scaled impact parameter, thermal de Broglie wavelength, projectile energy, and photon energy. The results show that the quantum-mechanical effects decrease the bremsstrahlung cross-sections when the de Broglie wavelength (λ) is greater than the Bohr radius (a0). It is also found that the quantum effects are important only for the region of impact parameters b < 3a 0.
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Jung, YD. Quantum effects on electron-proton bremsstrahlung spectrum in a two-component plasma. Eur. Phys. J. D 17, 231–234 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530170026
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530170026