Section II contains a summary of relevant collision theory methods. Section III is concerned with heavy particle collisions: excitation of H 1s hyperfine structure (hfs) states by H atom impact; excitation of H2 rotation by H and H2 impact; H 2s→2p transitions produced by proton impact; charge exchange reactions; excitation of atomic levels by proton impact. Section IV deals with inelastic collisions between atoms and electrons. Use of the Born and distorted wave approximations is discussed. Calculations of cross sections for excitation of forbidden lines in pq configurations are reviewed and new results presented for O+2, N+, C+, and Si+, both variational and semiempirical methods being used. In Sec. V, concerned with atomic photoionization, new results are given for photoionization from 2pq configurations.
Electron- and proton-impact excitation of heliumlike uranium in relativistic collisions
