Cross section of ionization of atom by electrons per Granovsky ============================================================== The **Granovsky approximation** for the ionization cross section is considered. As the electron energy increases, the velocities of primary and secondary electrons increase, the possibility of their recombination with ions decreases, and the ionization cross section area increases. However, at very high energies, the ionization cross section decreases, as the electrons fly past the atom without having time to ionize it, since the time spent by the electron near the atom decreases. .. TODO: find link TODO: move to `ionization` folder? .. py:currentmodule:: symplyphysics.laws.chemistry.cross_section_of_ionization_of_atom_by_electron_by_granovsky .. py:data:: effective_cross_section Effective :attr:`~symplyphysics.symbols.chemistry.cross_section` of ionization of particles. Symbol: :code:`sigma_eff` Latex: :math:`\sigma_\text{eff}` Dimension: :code:`area` .. py:data:: ionization_energy Ionization :attr:`~symplyphysics.symbols.basic.energy`. Symbol: :code:`sigma_i` Latex: :math:`\sigma_\text{i}` Dimension: :code:`energy` .. py:data:: electron_energy :attr:`~symplyphysics.symbols.basic.energy` of ionizing electrons. Symbol: :code:`E` Latex: :math:`E` Dimension: :code:`energy` .. py:data:: maximum_cross_section Maximum :attr:`~symplyphysics.symbols.chemistry.cross_section` of ionization. Symbol: :code:`sigma_max` Latex: :math:`\sigma_\text{max}` Dimension: :code:`area` .. py:data:: maximum_electron_energy Maximum :attr:`~symplyphysics.symbols.basic.energy` of ionizing electrons. Symbol: :code:`E_max` Latex: :math:`E_\text{max}` Dimension: :code:`energy` .. py:data:: law :code:`sigma_eff = sigma_max * (E - sigma_i) / (E_max - sigma_i) * exp((E_max - E) / (E_max - sigma_i))` Latex: .. math:: \sigma_\text{eff} = \sigma_\text{max} \frac{E - \sigma_\text{i}}{E_\text{max} - \sigma_\text{i}} \exp{\left(\frac{E_\text{max} - E}{E_\text{max} - \sigma_\text{i}} \right)}