Research Articles Published by Dr. Lane and Collaborators Prior to Career Move to Federal Service.

    
             
 
Book:
 
M. Morrison, N.F. Lane, and T.L. Estle, Quantum States of Atoms.
Molecules and Solids (Prentice Hall, N.J., 1976). (reprinted in part as
Understanding More Quantum Physics (Prentice Hall, N.J., 1991).
   
   
  Research Articles:
    (Includes Selected Abstracts of International Conference Proceedings)
     
1962 C.C. Lin and N.F. Lane, "A Semi-empirical Method for the Calculation
of Slater-Condon Parameters," Annals of Physics 20, 234 (1962).
1964 N.F. Lane and C.C. Lin, "Inelastic Electron-Atom Collisions Under
Near-Resonance Conditions: Analysis of Transitions Involving Strong
Coupling," Phys. Rev. 133, A947 (1964).
 
     
1965 L.L. Barnes, N.F. Lane, and C.C. Lin, "Electron Excitation Cross Section
of the 32S-32P Transition of Sodium," Phys. Rev. 137, A388 (1965).
 
  N.F. Lane, "Low Energy Expansion of the Scattering Matrix for
Collisions by Electron with Diatomic Molecules," Fourth IntI. Conf. on
the Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions (1965) p. 215 (abstract,
not refereed) (1966).
     
1966 A. Dalgarno and N.F. Lane, "Free-Free Transitions of Electrons in
Gases," Astrophys. J. 145, 623 (1966).
 
1967 N.F. Lane and S. Geltman, "Rotation Excitation of Diatomic Molecules
by Slow Electrons: Application to H2," Phys. Rev. 160, 53 (1967).
 
  J.C.Y. Chen and N.F. Lane, "Photoionization of Molecules Near the
Threshold," Fifth IntI. Conf. on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic
Collisions (1967) p. 627 (abstract, not refereed).
     
1968 N.F. Lane and R.J.W. Henry, "Polarization Potential in Low-Energy
Electron-H2 Scattering," Phys. Rev. 173, 183 (1968).
 
  W.A. Fitzsimmons, N.F. Lane, and G.K. WaIters, "Diffusion of
He(23S1) in Helium Gas; 23S1-11S0 Interaction Potentials at Long
Range," Phys. Rev. 174, 193 (1968).		      
1969 N.F. Lane and A. Dalgarno, "Electron Cooling by Vibrational Excitation
of O2,'' J. Geophys. Res., Spac. Phys. 74, 3011 (1969).		      
       
  R.J.W. Henry and N.F. Lane, "Polarization and Exchange Effects in
Low-Energy Electron-H2 Scattering," Phys. Rev. 18.3.,221 (1969).		      
  N.F. Lane and S. Geltman, "Differential Elastic and Rotational
Excitation Cross Sections for Electron-H2 Scattering," Phys. Rev. 183, 46
(1969).		      
S.A. Evans and N.F. Lane, "Total and Excitation-Transfer Cross
Sections for Collisions Between 23S Metastable and Ground-State
Helium Atoms," Phys. Rev. 188, 268 (1969).
K.F. Black and N.F. Lane, "Simultaneous Electron and Rotational
Excitation of H2 by Electron Impact" Sixth IntI. Conf. on the Physics of
Electronic and Atomic Collisions (MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass 1969), p.
107 (abstract, not refereed).
S.A. Evans and N.F. Lane, "Elastic and Inelastic Scattering of 23S
Metastable and Ground State Helium Atoms," Sixth IntI. Conf. on the
Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions (MIT Press, Cambridge,
Mass 1969), p. 983 (abstract, not refereed).
R.E. Yager and N.F. Lane, "Collisional Excitation of He+ Ions by Carbon
Atoms," J. Phys. B. (Physical Soc. of London) 2, 1060 (1969).
1971 A.P. Hickman and N.F. Lane, "Localized Excited States of Helium in
Liquid HeIium" Phys. Rev. Letts. 26, 1216 (1971).
 
  R.J.W. Henry and N.F. Lane, "Polarization and Exchange Effects in
Low-Energy Electron-D2 Scattering," Phys. Rev. A 4, 410 (1971).
  J.C. Weisheit and N.F. Lane, "Low Energy Elastic and Fine-Structure
Excitation Scattering of Ground State C+ Ions by Hydrogen Atoms,"
Phys. Rev. A 4, 171 (1971).
D.E. GoIden N.F. Lane, A. Temkin, and E. Gerjuoy, "Low Energy
Electron-Molecule Scattering Experiments and the Theory of
Rotational Excitation," Rev. Mod. Phys. 43, 642 (1971).
J.S. Cohen and N.F. Lane, "Calculation of Cross Sections for Penning
Ionization: He(21S,23S) + H(12S)," Chem. Phys. Letts. 10, 623 (1971).
S.A. Evans, J.S. Cohen, and N.F. Lane, "Quantum Mechanical
Calculation of Cross Sections for Inelastic Atom-Atom Scattering: I.
Collision Between 23S and Ground State Helium Atoms," Phys. Rev. A
4, 2248 (1971).
S.A. Evans, J.S. Cohen, and N.F. Lane, "Quantum-Mechanical
Calculation of Cross Sections for Inelastic Atom-Atom Collisions: I.
Inelastic 23S- 23P Collisions between Metastable and Ground-State
Helium Atoms," Phys. Rev. A 4, 2235 (1971).
K.F. Black and N.F. Lane, "Resonant Excitation of the B1Eu+ State of H2
by Electron Impact," Seventh IntI. Conf. on the Physics of Electronic
and Atomic Collisions (North Holland Press, Amsterdam 1971), p. 332
(abstract, not refereed).
S.A. Evans and N.F. Lane, "Quantum Mechanical Calculation of
Inelastic Cross Sections US 11S-23S Excitation Collisions of Ground
State He Atoms with He+ Ions," Third IntI. Conf. in Atomic Phys.
(1972, Abstracts of Papers), p. 73 (abstract, not refereed).
  A.P. Hickman, W.J. Steets, and N.F. Lane, "Localized Atomic States in
Liquid Helium," Third IntI. Conf. on Atomic Phys. (1972 Abstracts of
Papers), p. 106 (abstract, not refereed).
1973 J.S. Cohen and N.F. Lane, "Calculation of Cross Sections for
Chemiionization of H by He (21S) and He (23S) Metastable Atoms," J .
Phys. B: Atom. Molec. Phys. 6, L113 (1973).
 
  S.A. Evans and N.F. Lane, "Quantum-Mechanical Calculation of
Inelastic Cross Sections for (1S-23S) Excitation Collisions of Ground-
State He Atoms with He+ Ions," Phys. Rev. A 8, 1385 (1973).
A.P. Hickman and N.F. Lane, "Excitation-Transfer in Collisions
Between 23S and Ground-State Helium Atoms," VIII IntI. Conf. on
Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions (Institute of Physics,
Beograd, Yugoslavia, 1973), p. 859 (abstract, not refereed).
  N.F. Lane, A.P. Hickman, and J.S. Cohen, "Chemiionization of H2 by
23S Metastable Helium Atoms," VIII IntI. Conf. on Physics of
Electronic and Atomic Collisions (Institute of Physics, Beograd,
Yugoslavia, 1973), p.870 (abstract, not refereed).
1974 A.P. Hickman and N.F. Lane, "The Long-Range He2 (3E g,u) Potentials
and Metastability Exchange in He*-He2 Collisions," Phys. Rev. A 10,444
(1974).
 
  W.J. Steets, A.P. Hickman, and N.F. Lane, "Theoretical Description of
Pressure Shifts and Quenching of Excited Atomic States in Liquid
Helium," Chem. Phys. Letts. 28, 31 (1974).
1975 T.G. Winter and N.F. Lane, "The Fredholm Method in Low Energy
Electron-Molecule Scattering: Static Exchange," Chem. Phys. Letts. 30,
363 (1975).
 
  W.J. Steets and N.F. Lane, "Interactions of Excited (n = 3) and Ground-
State Helium Atoms: Potential Curves and Inelastic Processes," Phys.
Rev. A 11, 1994 (1975).
  L.A. Collins and N.F. Lane, "Rotational Excitation of HF in Slow
Collisions with He*," Phys. Rev. A 12, 811 (1975).
  M.A. Morrison and N.F. Lane, "Pseudo-bound-state Study of Low-
energy Electron-molecule Collisions: Elastic e-H2 Scattering," Phys.
Rev. A 12, 2361 (1975).
  A.P. Hickman, W.J. Steets, and N.F. Lane, "Nature of Excited Helium
Atoms in Liquid Helium: A Theoretical Model," Phys. Rev. B 12, 3705
(1975).
1976 M.A. Morrison, L.A. Collins, and N.F. Lane, "Theoretical Study of Low-
Energy Electron-CO2 Scattering," Chem. Phys. Letts. 42, 356 (1976).
  J. Wisdom, T.W. Hartquist, and N.F. Lane, "He(23S) Bubble in Liquid
Helium," Phys. Rev. B 14, 4205 (1976).
  L.A. Collins and N.F. Lane, "Quantum-Mechanical Calculations of
Rotational-Excitation Cross Sections for HCL DCL, DF and HF in Slow
Collisions with He," Phys. Rev. A 14, 1358 (1976).
1977 T.G. Winter, M.D. Duncan, and N.F. Lane, "Exact Eigenvalues,
Electronic Wavefunctions, and their Derivatives with Respect to the
Internuclear Separation for the Lowest 20 States of the HeH2+
Molecule," J. Phys. B: Atom. Molec. Phys. 10, 285 (1977).
 
  J.S. Cohen and N.F. Lane, "Chemiionization of the Hydrogen Molecule
by He (23S) and He (21S) Atoms: Potential Surface, Autoionization
Widths, and Cross Sections," J. Chem. Phys. 66, 586 (1977).
  M.A. Morrison, N.F. Lane, and L.A. Collins, "Low-Energy Electron-
Molecule Scattering: Application of Coupled-Channel Theory to e-CO2
Collisions," Phys. Rev. A 15, 2186 (1977).
  M.A. Morrison and N.F. Lane, "A Theoretical Calculation of Cross
Sections for Rotational Excitation in e-CO2 Scattering", Phys. Rev. A 10,
975 (1977).
1978 T.G. Winter and N.F. Lane, "Electron Transfer in Collisions of He++
Ions with H Atoms at 4He++ Impact Energies of 0.1-20.0 KeV," Phys.
Rev. A 17, 66 (1978).
 
  I.S. Cohen, L.A. Collins, and N.F. Lane, "Theory of Inelastic Collisions
Between Low-lying Excited- and Ground State Ne Atoms," Phys. Rev.
A 17, 1343 (1978).
  R.W. Simpson, N.F. Lane, and R.C. Chaney, "Cluster Approach to A
Single Hydrogen Atom in a Nickel Crystal, " I. Nucl. Mat. 69 & 70, 581
(1978).		      
  S. Shaw and N.F. Lane, "Diffusion of Hydrogen in Transition Metals,"
I. Nuc. Mat. 69 & 70, 576 (1978).
  R.W. Simpson, N.F. Lane, and R.C. Chaney, "Ab Initio LCAO-MO
Cluster- Type Calculation of the Self-Consistent Electronic Screening
Charge Density Around a Single Hydrogen Impurity in a Nickel
Crystal," Int. I. Quant. Chem. 12, 433 (1978).
1979 N.F. Lane, "The State of the Theory", Electron Molecule Scattering, Ed.
S.C. Brown (Wiley, NY) p. 147 (1979).
 
G.I. Hat ton, N.F. Lane, and T.G. Winter, "Charge Transfer for He2+ on
H Using Molecular Bases with Plane-Wave Translational Factors," I.
Phys. B 12, (18), L571 (1979).
L.W. Carlson and N.F. Lane, "Atomic Excitations in He+ and H+
Reflection from a Metal Surface," I. Phys. B 12, L457 (1979).		      
M.A. Morrison and N.F. Lane, "Threshold Structure in the Vibrational
Excitation of CO2 by Low-Energy Electrons," Chem. Phys. Letts. 66, 527
(1979).
1980 N.F. Lane, "The Theory of Electron-Molecule Collisions," Rev. Mod.
Phys. 52, 29 (1980).
 
  T.G. Winter, G.J. Hat ton, and N.F. Lane, "Molecular-State Treatment of
Collisions Between Protons and He+ Ions," Phys. Rev. A 22, 930 (1980).
1981 G.J. Hat ton, N.F. Lane, and J.C. Weisheit, "Inelastic Electron-Ion
Scattering in a Dense Plasma," J. Phys. B 14, 4879 (1981).
 
1982 B. West, N.F. Lane, and J.S. Cohen, "Radiative Charge Transfer in
Collisions of He2+ Ions and Ground-State Atoms," Phys. Rev. A 26,
3164 (1982).
 
  B.L. Whitten and N.F. Lane, "Near- Threshold Vibrational Excitation in
Electron-CO2 Collisions: A Simple Model," Phys. Rev. A 26, 3170 (1982).
1983 J.K. O'Connell and N.F. Lane, "Nonadjustable Exchange-Correlation
Model for Electron Scattering from Closed-Shell Atoms and
Molecules," Phys. Rev. A 27, 1893 (1983).
 
  N.F. Lane, "Overview of Electron-Molecule Collision Processes,"
Electron-Molecule Collisions and Photoionization Processes. Ed. V.
McKoy, H. Suzuki, K. Tayanagi, S. Trajmar (Verlag Chemie
International, Deerfield Beach Fla., 1983), p. 61.
1984 B.L. Whit ten, N.F. Lane, and J.C. Weisheit, "Plasma Screening Effects
on Electron Impact Excitation of Hydrogenic Ions in Dense Plasmas,"
Phys. Rev. A 29, 945 (1984).
       
  N.F. Lane, "Fundamental Advances in the Theory of Electron-
Molecule Collision," Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions, Ed. I.
Hertel and J. Eichler (North-Holland), p. 127-141 (1984).
1985 J.S. Cohen, R.L. Martin, and N.F. Lane, "Theoretical Calculation of
Penning-Ionization Cross Sections for Collisions of He(21,3S) with
Sodium Atoms," Phys. Rev. A ;3.1, 152 (1985).
 
  T.G. Winter and N.F. Lane, "R-Matrix Approach to Electron Transfer in
alpha-H Collisions," Phys. Rev. A 31, 2698 (1985).
  T.G. Winter, C.M. Dutta, and N.F. Lane, "Evolution of Electronic
Probability Density in alpha-H Collisions, Phys. Rev. A 31, 2702 (1985).
1986 M. Kimura, S. Chapman, and N.F. Lane, "Electron Capture in Ar+ on
H2 Collisions in the KeV Energy Regime," Phys. Rev. A 33, 1619 (1986).
 
  S. Preston and N.F. Lane, "Classical Study of the Collision of a Highly
Excited Atom with Molecules HF and HCl," Phys. Rev. A 33, 148 (1986).
  M. Kimura and N.F. Lane, "Theoretical Study of Alignment and
Orientation in Li+ + He Collisions," Phys. Rev. Letts. 56, 2160 (1986).
  N.F. Lane, "Theoretical Studies of Rydberg-Neutral Collisions: Classical
and Quantum Mechanical Treatments," Oji International Seminar on
Highly Excited States of Atoms and Molecules (Fuji- Y oshida, J anuary
(1986), Invited Papers, Eds. S.S. Kano and M. Matsuzawa.
  M. Kimura and N.F. Lane, "Symmetric Resonance Charge Transfer in
H+ + H and He2+ + He Collisions at Extremely Low Energies," Phys.
Rev. A 34, 4421 (1986).
1987 K.F. Scheibner, J.C. Weisheit, and N.F. Lane, "Plasma screening effects
on proton-impact excitation of positive ions," Phys. Rev. A 35, 1252
(1987).
       
  T. Andersen, H-P. Heitzke, M. Kimura, and N.F. Lane, "Coherence
study of Li(32D) excitation in 2.5-15.0 keV Li+ -He collisions," J. Phys. B
20, 1789-1799 (1987).
  M. Kimura and N.F. Lane, "Traveling-molecular-orbital-expansion
studies of electron capture in collisions of fully stripped ions (Z = 6 - 9)
with H and H2," Phys. Rev. A 35, 70 (1987).
  A. Kalamarides, L.N. Goeller, K.A. Smith, F.B. Dunning, M. Kimura
and N.F. Lane, "State changing in collisions of Rb(ns) Rydberg atoms
with HF," Phys. Rev. A 36, 3108 (1987).
  T.G. Winter, G.J. Hat ton, A.R. Day, and N.F. Lane, "Differential cross
sections for electron transfer and elastic scattering in collisions between
alpha particles and hydrogen atoms," Phys, Rev. A 36, 625 (1987).
  K.F. Scheibner, J.S. Cohen, R.L. Martin, and N.F. Lane, "Role of atomic
resonances in the ionization of potassium atoms in slow collisions
with He(21,3S)," Phys, Rev. A 36, 2633 (1987).
  M. Kimura, K. Fujima, H. Sato, and N.F. Lane, "Theory of ion-surface
collisions: Case study of He+ projectile ion on TaC surface," Nucl.
Instrum. & Meth. 262, 114 (1987).
1988 M. Kimura and N.F. Lane, "Alignment and orientation of the excited
H(2p) orbital following H + He collisions at intermediate energies,"
Phys. Rev. A 37, 2900 (1988).
 
  M. Kimura and N.F. Lane, "Alignment and orientation in ion-atom
collisions," in Correlation and Polarisation in Electronic and Atomic
Collisions, ed. A. Crowe and M.R.H. Rudge (World Science Publishing
Co., Singapore, 83-113 (1988).
  K. Fujima, H. Adachi, M. Kimura, and N.F. Lane, "The charge transfer
collision between a low energy ion and a solid surface," Nucl. Instrum.
Meth. B33, 455 (1988).
  N.F. Lane, "Alexander Dalgarno contributions to atomic and molecular
physics," Adv. Atomic Molecular Physics 25, 7 (1988).
1989 N.T. Padial, J.S. Cohen, R.L. Martin, and N.F. Lane, "Theoretical
Penning electron-energy distributions for alkali-metal atoms: He(21,3S)
collisions with sodium and potassium," Phys. Rev. A 40, 117 (1989).
 
  N.T. Padial, R.L. Martin, J.S. Cohen, and N.F. Lane, "Theoretical
investigation of the hypothesized crossing between the Penning and
atomic auto ionizing states of He+K," Phys. Rev. A 39, 2715-17 (1989).
  A. Kumar, N.F. Lane, and M. Kimura, "Quenching of low-lying
Rydberg states of Na colliding with ground-state He: a semiclassical
approach," Phys. Rev. A 39, 1020 (1989).
  B. Zygelman, A. Dalgarno, M. Kimura, and N.F. Lane, "Radiative and
nonradiative charge transfer in He+ + H collisions at low energy ,"
Phys. Rev. A 40, 2340 (1989).
  M. Kimura, N.F. Lane, and C.D. Lin, "Current status of theoretical
studies on ion-atom collisions at low to intermediate collision
energies," Chinese J. Phys. 27, 22 (1989).
  M. Kimura and N.F. Lane, "The Low-Energy, Heavy-Particle Collisions
--A Close Coupling Treatment," Adv. Atom. Mol. Phys. 26, 79 (1989).
  R. Hippler, H. Madeheim, H.O. Lutz, M. Kimura, and N.F. Lane, "Spin
effects in slow (H-He)+ collisions," Phys. Rev. A 40, 3446 (1989).
  L.K. Johnson, R.S. Gao, R.G. Dixson, K.A. Smith, N.F. Lane, R.F.
Stebbings and M. Kimura, "Absolute differential cross sections for
small-angle H+-He direct and charge-transfer scattering at keV
energies," Phys. Rev. A 40, 3626 (1989).
1990 A. Kumar, N.F. Lane, and M. Kimura, "Selective-state charge transfer
in a collision between an alpha particle and ground-state Na: a
molecular-states approach," Phys. Rev. A 42, 3861 (1990).
 
  W. Fritsch, M. Kimura, and N.F. Lane, "Comparative molecular-orbital
and atomic-orbital study of electron transfer and excitation in He+ +
Na (3s) collisions at energies of 0.05 to 20 KeV /amu," Phys. Rev. A 41,
508 (1990).
  M. Kimura and N.F. Lane, "Semi-Classical Study of the Collision of a
Highly Excited Rydberg Atom with the Molecules HF and HCl," Phys.
Rev. A 42, 1258 (1990).
  B.J. Archer, M. Kimura, and N.F. Lane, "Orientation and alignment of
the first excited p state in Li+ He and Na + He scattering," Phys. Rev. A
42, 6379 (1990).
  M. Kimura and N.F. Lane, "Theoretical Study of Ion Pair Formation
and Penning and Associative Ionization in Low-to-Intermediate energy
He*(21,3S) + Li Collisions," Phys. Rev. A 41, 5938 (1990).
1991 A. Kumar, M. Kimura, and N.F. Lane, "Selective-State Charge Transfer
in a Collision Between a Li3+ Ion and Ground-State Li Atom: A
Molecular State Approach, " Phys. Rev. A 43, 217-222 (1991).
 
  B. C. Saha, N.F. Lane, and M. Kimura, "Molecular State Treatment of
He+ (2p) Excitation Through Electron Capture in He++ -H2 Collisions
at Low Energies," Phys Rev. A 44, R1-R4 (1991).
  M. Kimura and N.F. Lane, "Theoretical Study of Charge Transfer in
He+ + H2 Collisions in the meV Regime," Phys. Rev. A 44, 259-263
(1991).
  R.S. Gao, L.K. Johnson, G.J. Smith, C.L. Hakes, K.A. Smith, N.F. Lane,
R.F. Stebbings and M. Kimura, "Collisions Between H+ and H2 at keV
Energies", Phys. Rev. A 44, 5599-5604 (1991).
1992 R.S. Gao, C.M. Dutta, N.F. Lane, K.A. Smith, R.F. Stebbings and M.
Kimura, "Experimental and theoretical studies of the He2+ -He system:
Differential cross sections for direct, single-,and double-charge-transfer
scattering at keV energies", Phys. Rev. A 45, 6388-6391 (1992).
 
  C.M. Dutta, N.F. Lane, and M. Kimura, "Theoretical study of
nonresonant 3He+ +4He,<----> 3He+ 4He+ charge transfer in the
threshold region"l Phys. Rev. A 46, 3889-3892 (1992).
1993 M. Kimura, N.F. Lane, A. Dalgarno, and R.G. Dixson, "Rate Coefficients
For Momentum Transfer, Charge Transfer, And Radiative Association
Processes in Collisions of H+ with He Below 105 K," Astrophys. J. 405,
801 (1993).
 
  N. Shimakura, M. Kimura, and N.F. Lane, "Double-and single-electron
capture in He2+ + H2 collisions in the energy range from 50 eV to 2
keV," Phys. Rev. A 47, 709-710 (1993).
1994 C.M. Dutta, N.F. Lane, and M. Kimura, "Electron capture in collisions
of excited Na* (3p) atoms with He+ ions at 0.1-7 keV /u: Effects of
alignment of the initial Na* (3p) orbital" Phys. Rev. A 49, 1806-1815
(1994).
 
  A. Kumar, N.F. Lane, and M. Kimura, "Erratum: Quenching of low-
lying Rydberg states of Na colliding with ground-state He: A
semiclassical approach, [Phys. Rev. A 39, (1989)]," Phys. Rev. A 49, 1514
(1994).
  B.C. Saha and N.F. Lane, "Alignment and geometrical effects on
Stueckelberg structure in cross sections for inelastic collisions
involving Rydberg atomsl" Phys. Rev. Lett. 72, 3487 (1994).