Scattering of e± with Al, Ni, Cu, Ag, Pt, and Au atoms including the relativistic effect at 1 eV ≤ E ≤1 MeV

This review reports on the scattering of electrons (e−) and positrons (e+) with few precious metal atoms, namely Al, Ni, Cu, Ag, Pt, and Au over the impact energies 1 eV ≤ Ei ≤ 1 MeV. Elastic scattering cross sections—differential, integral, momentum-transfer, and viscosity—are presented, and Ionization, inelastic, and total (sum of elastic and inelastic) scattering cross sections are also included. In addition, a systematic analysis of the critical minima in the elastic differential cross sections along with the positions of the corresponding total polarization points in the Sherman function, a phase-sensitive quantity, is furnished. We employ the relativistic Dirac partial wave phase-shift analysis embodying a well-established complex optical-potential model (OPM). The interactions of the incident leptons with both the nucleus and the bound electrons of the target are included in the present OPM approach. The comparison with both the theoretical and the experimental data demonstrates the merit of our proposed method in explaining the details of calculations except in the very low energy region.