Adjunct Professor Robert McEachran

Position	Adjunct Professor
Department	Nuclear Physics & Accelerator Applications
Research group	Positron research group
Qualifications	MSc PhD UWO, C Phys, FInstP
Office phone	(02) 612 52484
Email

Publications

Publications

Book chapter

McEachran R, Buckman S, Cho H
Absorption effects in intermediate energy electron and positron scattering from atoms
Nanoscale Interactions and Their Applications: Essays in Honour of Ian McCarthy
Transworld Research Network, Kerala, India (2007) 27-35

(1 publications)

Journal article

Singor A, Fursa D, Bray I, McEachran R
Photoionization, Rayleigh, and Raman scattering cross sections for the alkali atoms
Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables 143(2022)

Slaughter D, McEachran R
Electron and Positron Scattering Cross Sections from CO2: A Comparative Study over a Broad Energy Range (0.1-5000 eV)
Journal of Physical Chemistry A 126, 36(2022) 6032-6046

Singor A, Fursa D, Bray I, McEachran R
"A Fully Relativistic Approach to Photon Scattering and Photoionization of Alkali Atoms"
Atoms 9, 3(2021)

Stokes P, White R, McEachran R, Blanco F, Garcia G, Brunger M
Positron Scattering from the Group IIB Metals Zinc and Cadmium: Recommended Cross Sections and Transport Simulations
Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data 50, 2(2021)

Cheng W, Cocks D, McEachran R
Ground-state energy of quasi-free positrons in non-polar fluids
Journal of Chemical Physics 155, 13(2021) 1-12

McEachran R, Hamilton K, Bartschat K
Low-Energy Elastic Electron Scattering from Helium Atoms
Atoms 9, 4(2021)

Cheong Z, Babij T, Anthouard B, Machacek J, McEachran R, Sullivan J
Elastic scattering and electronic excitation in positron interactions with neon
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 54, 6(2021)

Dujko S, Atic J, Bosnjakovic D, White R, Stokes P, Hamilton K, Zatsarinny O, Bartschat K, Rabasovic M, Sevic D, McEachran R
Transport of electrons and propagation of the negative ionisation fronts in indium vapour
Plasma Sources Science and Technology 30, 11(2021) 1-22

Marinkovic B, Tosic S, Sevic D, McEachran R, Blanco F, Garcia G, Brunger M
Electron-impact excitation of the (4d105s) 2S1/2 ? (4d95s2 ) 2D3/2 and (4d105s) 2S1/2 ? (4d106s) 2S1/2 transitions in silver: Experiment and theory
Physical Review A 104, 2(2021)

Predojevic B, Sevic D, Marinkovic B, McEachran R, Blanco F, Garcia G, Brunger M
Joint theoretical and experimental study on elastic electron scattering from bismuth
Physical Review A 101, 3(2020)

McEachran R, Marinkovic B, Garcia G, White R, Stokes P, Jones D, Brunger M
Integral Cross Sections for Electron-Zinc Scattering over a Broad Energy Range (0.01-5000 eV)
Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data 49(2020)

Hamilton K, Zatsarinny O, Bartschat K, Rabasovic M, Sevic D, Marinkovic B, Dujko S, Atic J, Fursa D, Bray I, McEachran R, Blanco F, Garcia G, Stokes P
Electron-impact excitation of the (5s25p) P1/2 2 (5s26s) S1/2 2 transition in indium: Theory and experiment
Physical Review A 102(2020) 1-10

Cocks D, McEachran R, Boyle G, Cheng W, White R
Positron scattering and transport in liquid helium
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 53, 22(2020)

Babij T, Cheong Z, Machacek J, McEachran R, Buckman S, Sullivan J
Elastic and inelastic scattering of positrons from neon
Journal of Physics: Conference Series(online) 1412(2020)

Blanco F, Garcia G, McEachran R, Stokes P, White R, Brunger M
Positron Scattering from Gas-Phase Beryllium and Magnesium: Theory, Recommended Cross Sections, and Transport Simulations
Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data 48, 3(2019) 1-19

McEachran R, Stauffer A
Positron scattering from helium
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 52, 11(2019) 1-6

Marinkovic B, Panajotovic R, Sevic D, McEachran R, Garc�a G, Blanco F, Brunger M
Experimental and theoretical cross sections for elastic electron scattering from zinc
Physical Review A 99, 6(2019) 1-10

Machacek J, McEachran R
Partial wave analysis for folded differential cross sections
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 51, 6(2018) 1-8

McEachran R, Blanco F, Garcia G, Brunger M
A Relativistic Complex Optical Potential Calculation for Electron-Beryllium Scattering: Recommended Cross Sections
Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data 47, 3(2018) 1-12

McEachran R, Garcia G, Stokes P, White R, Brunger M
Integral Cross Sections for Electron-Magnesium Scattering Over a Broad Energy Range (0-5000 eV)
Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data 47, 4(2018)

White R, Cocks D, Boyle G, Casey M, Garland N, Konovalov D, Philippa B, Stokes P, de Urquijo J, Gonz�lez-Maga�a O, McEachran R, Buckman S, Brunger M
Electron transport in biomolecular gaseous and liquid systems: theory, experiment and self-consistent cross-sections
Plasma Sources Science and Technology 27, 5(2018) 15

Boyle G, Tattersall W, Cocks D, McEachran R, White R
A multi-term solution of the space-time Boltzmann equation for electrons in gases and liquids
Plasma Sources Science and Technology 26, 2(2017) 1-17

Pitchford L, Alves L, Bartschat K, Biagi S, Bordage M, Bray I, Brion C, Brunger M, Campbell L, Chachereau A, McEachran R
LXCat: an Open-Access, Web-Based Platform for Data Needed for Modeling Low Temperature Plasmas
Plasma Processes and Polymers 14, 1-2(2017) 1-17

Blanco F, Roldan A, Krupa K, McEachran R, White R, Marjanovi? S, Petrovic Z, Brunger M, Machacek J, Buckman S, Sullivan J, Chiari L, Limao-Vieira P, Garcia G
Scattering data for modelling positron tracks in gaseous and liquid water
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 49, 14(2016) 145001 10

Boadle R, Babij T, Machacek J, McEachran R, Sullivan J, Buckman S
Low-energy elastic and inelastic scattering of positrons from argon
Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics 93, 2(2016) 022712 6

Boyle G, McEachran R, Cocks D, Brunger M, Buckman S, Dujko S, White R
Ab initio electron scattering cross-sections and transport in liquid xenon
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 49, 35(2016)

Boyle G, McEachran R, Cocks D, White R
Electron scattering and transport in liquid argon
Journal of Chemical Physics 142, 15(2015) 154507-154507

McEachran R, Stauffer A
Viscosity cross sections for the heavy noble gases
European Physical Journal D: Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics 69, 4(2015) 2-4

Tosic S, Pejcev V, Sevic D, McEachran R, Stauffer A, Marinkovic B
Electron-impact excitation of silver
Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 91, 5(2015)

McEachran R, Stauffer A
Momentum transfer cross sections for the heavy noble gases
European Physical Journal D: Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics 68, 6(2014) 8

Vos M, McEachran R, Zhu L
A comparison of the theoretical and experimental results for keV electron scattering from argon
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 47, 5(2014) 055201

Vos M, McEachran R, Weigold E, Bonham R
Elastic electron scattering cross sections at high momentum transfer
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 300(2013) 62-67

Sanz A, Fuss M, Blanco F, Ma��n Z, Gorfinkiel J, McEachran R, Brunger M, Garcia G
Cross-section calculations for positron scattering from pyrimidine over an energy range from 0.1 to 10000 eV
Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 88, 6(2013) 13

McEachran R, Vos M, Zhu L
Fast-electron scattering from Ne: A comparison of distorted-wave theory with experiment
Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 87, 5(2013) 1-7

McEachran R, Stauffer A
Positronium formation in the noble gases
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 46, 7(2013)

Hargreaves L, Campbell C, Khakoo M, McConkey J, Zatsarinny O, Bartschat K, Stauffer A, McEachran R
Polarization correlations for electron-impact excitation of the resonant transitions of Ne and Ar at low incident energies
Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 87, 2(2013)

Chiari L, Palihawadana P, Machacek J, Makochekanwa C, Garcia G, Blanco F, McEachran R, Brunger M, Buckman S, Sullivan J
Experimental and theoretical cross sections for positron collisions with 3-hydroxy-tetrahydrofuran
Journal of Chemical Physics 138, 7(2013) 1-11

Chiari L, Anderson E, Tattersall W, Machacek J, Palihawadana P, Makochekanwa C, Sullivan J, Garcia G, Blanco F, McEachran R, Brunger M, Buckman S
Total, elastic, and inelastic cross sections for positron and electron collisions with tetrahydrofuran
Journal of Chemical Physics 138, 7(2013) 1-15

Berrington M, Bostock C, Fursa D, Bray I, McEachran R, Stauffer A
Calculations of electron scattering from cadmium
Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 85, 4(2012) 042708-1-21

Chiari L, Zecca A, Girardi S, Trainotti E, Garcia G, Blanco F, McEachran R, Brunger M
Positron scattering from O-2
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 45, 21(2012)

McEachran R, Vos M
Large-angle scattering of energetic electrons from Xe: A combined theoretical and experimental approach
Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 85, 3(2012) 8

McEachran R, Sullivan J, Buckman S, Brunger M, Fuss M, Munoz A, Blanco F, White R, Petrovic Z, Limao-Vieira P, Garcia G
Modelling single positron tracks in Ar
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 45, 4(2012) 9

Tosic S, Pejcev V, Sevic D, McEachran R, Stauffer A, Marinkovic B
Absolute differential cross sections for electron excitation of silver at small scattering angles
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 279(2012) 53-57

Vos M, McEachran R, Cooper G, Hitchcock A
Understanding energy loss in large-angle scattering of keV electrons from Ar and Ne
Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 83, 2(2011) 022707: 1-9

Makochekanwa C, Machacek J, Jones A, Caradonna P, Slaughter D, McEachran R, Sullivan J, Buckman S, Bellm S, Lohmann B, Fursa D, Bray I, Mueller D, Stauffer A, Hoshino M
Low-energy positron interactions with krypton
Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 83, 3(2011) 12

Sullivan J, Makochekanwa C, Jones A, Caradonna P, Slaughter D, Machacek J, McEachran R, Mueller D, Buckman S
Forward angle scattering effects in the measurement of total cross sections for positron scattering
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 44, 3(2011) 5

Machacek J, Makochekanwa C, Jones A, Caradonna P, Slaughter D, McEachran R, Sullivan J, Buckman S, Bellm S, Lohmann B, Fursa D, Bray I, Mueller D, Stauffer A
Low-energy positron interactions with xenon
New Journal of Physics 13, 125004(2011) 19

Jones A, Makochekanwa C, Caradonna P, Slaughter D, Machacek J, McEachran R, Sullivan J, Buckman S, Stauffer A, Bray I, Fursa D
Positron scattering from neon and argon
Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 83, 3(2011)

Jones A, Caradonna P, Makochekanwa C, Slaughter D, McEachran R, Machacek J, Sullivan J, Buckman S
Observation of Threshold Effects in Positron Scattering from the Noble Gases
Physical Review Letters 105, 7(2010) 4

McEachran R, Stauffer A
Positron ionization of the noble gases
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 43, 21(2010) 1-3

McEachran R, Stauffer A, Piwinski M, Pravica L, Williams J, Cvejanovic D, Samarin S
Investigation of the behaviour of the Sherman function for elastic electron scattering from Kr and Xe
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 43, 21(2010) 8

White R, Dujko S, Robson R, Petrovic Z, McEachran R
Non-equilibrium transport of positron and electron swarms in gases and liquids
Plasma Sources Science and Technology 19, 3(2010) 10

McEachran R, Stauffer A
An optical potential method for elastic electron and positron scattering from argon
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 42, 7(2009) 075202/1-6

Mondal S, Lower J, Buckman S, McEachran R, Garcia G, Zatsarinny O, Bartschat K
Near-threshold electron-impact excitation of argon studied with the time-of-flight technique
PMC Physics B 2:3(2009) 1-17

Maslov M, Brunger M, Teubner P, Zatsarinny O, Bartschat K, Fursa D, Bray I, McEachran R
Electron-impact excitation of the (5d106s)2S1/2(5d106p)2P1/2,3/2 resonance transitions in gold atoms
Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 77, 062711(2008) 1-8

Cho H, McEachran R, Buckman S, Tanaka H
Elastic electron scattering from neon at backward angles
Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 78, 034702(2008) 1-4

Chen S, McEachran R, Stauffer A
Ab initio optical potentials for elastic electron and positron scattering from the heavy noble gases
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 41, 025201(2008) 1-10

Buckman S, Maddern T, Francis-Staite J, Hargreaves L, Brunger M, Garcia G, Lower J, Mondal S, Sullivan J, Jones A, Caradonna P, Slaughter D, Makochekanwa C, McEachran R
Low energy lepton scattering: recent results for electron and positron interactions
Journal of Physics: Conference Series(online) 133, 012001(2008) 1-8

Bellm S, Lower J, McEachran R, Weigold E, Ryan-Anderson C, Madison D
Spin- and fine-structure-resolved ionization of krypton
Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 78, 062707(2008) 1-14

Ahmed M, Ji W, McEachran R, Stauffer A
Elastic scattering of spin-polarized electroncs from CS atoms
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 40(2007) 4119-4129

Cho H, McEachran R, Buckman S, Filipovic D, Pejcev V, Marinkovic B, Tanaka H, Stauffer A, Jung E
Absorption effects in intermediate energy elastic electron scattering from xenon
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 39(2006) 3781-3790

Marler J, Surko C, McEachran R, Stauffer A
Differential cross sections for positron-xenon elastic scattering
Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 73, 6(2006) 064702-1-4

Cho H, McEachran R, Tanaka H, Buckman S
The Role of Absorption in Intermediate Energy Elastic Electron Scattering from Krypton
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 37(2004) 4639-4645

McEachran R, Stauffer A, Ji W, Zuo T
A Relativistic Version of the Generalized Non-Perturbative Polarized-Orbital Method
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 37, 4(2004) 885-904

Stauffer A, Parcell L, McEachran R
Excitation of Fine-Structure States of Krypton and Xenon by Positron Impact
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 221(2004) 93-96

White R, McEachran R, Robson R, Elford M, Bartschat K
Cross sections and transport coefficients for electrons in Zn vapour
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 37(2004) 3185-3191

Sullivan J, Burrow P, Newman D, Bartschat K, Michejda J, Panajotovic R, Moghbelalhossein M, McEachran R, Buckman S
An Experimental and Theoretical Study of Transient Negative Ions in Mg, Zn, Cd and Hg
New Journal of Physics 5(2003) 159.1-159.26

McEachran R, Stauffer A
Elastic Scattering of Electrons from Krypton
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 36, 19(2003) 3977-3984

McEachran R, Elford M
The Momentum Transfer Cross Section and Transport Coefficients for Low Energy Electrons in Mercury
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 36, 3(2003) 427-441

Demesie A, Darewych J, McEachran R, Stauffer A
Contribution of the Breit Interaction to Electron Scattering from Heavy Atoms
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 36(2003) 665-674

Campeanu R, McEachran R, Stauffer A
Distorted-Wave Models in Positron Impact Ionization of Atoms
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 192, 1-2(2002) 146-149

McEachran R, Stauffer A
Excitation of the 4s ¹P₁ and ³P₁ States of Argon by Positron Impact
Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 65(2002) 034703-1-3

Parcell L, McEachran R, Stauffer A
Positron Scattering from Xenon
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 192, 1-2(2002) 180-184

Srivastava R, McEachran R, Stauffer A
Electron Excitation of the Group IV Elements
Canadian Journal of Physics 80, 6(2002) 687-696

Went M, McEachran R, Lohmann B, MacGillivray W
Spin Asymmetries for Elastic Scattering in Krypton at Intermediate Energies
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 35(2002) 4885-4897

Biava D, Saha H, Engel E, Dreizler R, McEachran R, Haynes M, Lohmann B, Whelan C, Madison D
Exchange Effects in Low Energy Electron Impact Ionization of the Inner and Outer Sheels of Argon
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 35, 2(2002) 293-307

Campeanu R, McEachran R, Stauffer A
Positron impact ionization of hydrogen and the noble gases
Canadian Journal of Physics 79(2001) 1231-1236

Purwanto A, Lun D, McEachran R, Buckman S
Determination of two-channel scattering amplitudes using unitarity
Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 63(2001) 022703/1-5

Srivastava R, McEachran R, Stauffer A
Excitation of the D states of magnesium
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 34(2001) 2071-2079

McEachran R
Excitation of the D states of magnesium
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 34, 11(2001) 2071-2079

Kaur S, Srivastava R, McEachran R, Stauffer A
Excitation of thallium and lead atoms by electrons in the relativistic distorted-wave approximation
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 33(2000) 2539-2548

Parcell L, McEachran R, Stauffer A
Positron scattering from argon and krypton
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B 171(2000) 113-118

Kaur S, Srivastava R, McEachran R, Stauffer A
Excitation of the np5(n+1)p (J=1, 2 and 3) States of the Inert Gases by Spin-Polarized Electrons; Integrated State Multipoles and Stokes Parameters
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 32(1999) 4331-4359

McEachran R
Positron impact ionization of krypton and xenon
Canadian Journal of Physics 77, 10(1999) 769-774

McEachran R
Excitation of the np5(n + 1)p (J = 1, 2 and 3) states of the inert gases by spin-polarized electrons: integrated state multipoles and Stokes parameters
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 32, 17(1999) 4331-4359

Elliott A, Lower J, McEachran R, Weigold E
The elastic scattering of spin-polarized electrons from xenon
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 31, 3(1998) 547-561

Gibson J, Lun D, McEachran R, Buckman S
Low-energy electron scattering from xenon
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 31, 17(1998) 3949-3964

Lun D, Sullivan J, McEachran R, Newman D, Buckman S
The '5.2 eV resonance' in electron scattering from Hg
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 31, 24(1998) L1009-L1015

McEachran R
Electron impact excitation of the np5(n + 1)p states of Ar (n = 3), Kr (n = 4) and Xe (n = 5) atoms
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 31, 21(1998) 4833-4852

(89 publications)

Conference paper

Sullivan J, Chiari L, Anderson E, Tattersall W, Palihawadana P, Machacek J, Makochekanwa C, McEachran R, Buckman S, Brunger M, Garcia G, Blanco F
Low-energy positron and electron scattering from tetrahydrofuran and 3-hydroxy-tetrahydrofuran
28th International Conference on Photonic, Electronic and Atomic Collisions, ICPEAC 2013 488, SECTION 7(2014) 1

Berrington M, Fursa D, Bray I, McEachran R, Stauffer A
Calculations of electron scattering from cadmium
International Conference on Photonic, Electronic and Atomic Collisions (ICPEAC 2011) 388, PART 4(2012) 042026

Makochekanwa C, Machacek J, Jones A, Caradonna P, Slaughter D, McEachran R, Sullivan J, Buckman S, Fursa D, Bray I, Stauffer A
Low energy positron scattering from krypton and xenon
International Conference on Photonic, Electronic and Atomic Collisions (ICPEAC 2011) 388, PART 7(2012) 1

Tosic S, Pejcev V, Sevic D, Marinkovic B, McEachran R, Stauffer A
Excitation of silver by electron impact
International Conference on Photonic, Electronic and Atomic Collisions (ICPEAC 2011) 388, PART 4(2012)

Sullivan J, Caradonna P, Jones A, Machacek J, Makochekanwa C, McEachran R, Mueller D, Buckman S
Low energy positron interactions with rare gas atoms: threshold features and benchmark cross sections
International Workshop on Slow Positron Beam Techniques 2010 - SLOPOS12 262, 1(2011)

Haynes M, Lohmann B, Biava D, McEachran R, Whelan C, Madison D
Low Energy Inner Valence Ionization of the Rare Gases
International Symposium on (e,2e), Double Photoionization and Related Topics and the Eleventh International Symposium on Polarizatin and Correlation in Electronic and Atomic Collisions ?, ?(2002) 18-23

Srivastava R, McEachran R, Stauffer A
Electron Excitation of the D States of Mg: Calculation of the Stokes Parameters
International Symposium on (e,2e), Double Photoionization and Related Topics and the Eleventh International Symposium on Polarizatin and Correlation in Electronic and Atomic Collisions ?, ?(2002) 151-155

Went M, McEachran R, Lohmann B, MacGillivray W
Elastic Scattering of Spin Polarised Electrons from Krypton
International Symposium on (e,2e), Double Photoionization and Related Topics and the Eleventh International Symposium on Polarizatin and Correlation in Electronic and Atomic Collisions ?, ?(2002) 190-195

(8 publications)

Journal short contribution

Utamuratov R, Fursa D, Kadyrov A, Campeanu R, Bray I, McEachran R
Positron-impact direct ionization of lithium, sodium and potassium atoms
European Physical Journal D: Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics 75, 10(2021) 5

(1 publications)

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