Relativistic convergent close-coupling calculation of the spin polarization of electrons scattered from indium

The measurements of the spin asymmetry parameter (Sherman function) for elastic and inelastic electron-indium scattering by Bartsch {\em et al.} [J.~Phys.~B 25(1992)1511 are compared with corresponding relativistic convergent close-coupling calculations. The RCCC results provide the first theoretical data to span the full range of energies (1-14~eV) and transitions measured by Bartsch {em et al.}. The spin asymmetry parameter is presented for $(5p)^2P^o_{1/2}~\rightarrow~(5p)^2P^o_{1/2}$ elastic scattering, $(5p)^2P^o_{1/2}~\rightarrow~(5p)^2P^o_{3/2}$, $(5p)^2P^o_{1/2}~\rightarrow~(6s)^2S_{1/2}$, and $(5p)^2P^o_{3/2}~\rightarrow~(6s)^2S_{1/2}$ inelastic transitions. There is very good agreement between theory and experiment for the elastic spin asymmetries. Some discrepancies still exist between theory and experiment for excited state spin asymmetries.