Production of metastable Ar[sup +] ions by electron-impact ionization of Ar measured by translational-energy spectroscopy

Journal Article · Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Physical Review A; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.48.338· OSTI ID:6381174

Kamber, E Y ^[1]; Enos, C S; Brenton, A G ^[2]

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1. Department of Physics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5151 (United States)
2. Mass Spectrometry Research Unit, University College of Swansea, Swansea SA28PP (United Kingdom)

The translational-energy-spectroscopy technique has been used to measure the apparent ionization-excitation functions for the metastable states 3 [sup 4]D, 3[ital d] [sup 4]F, 3[ital d] [sup 2]F, and 3[ital d][prime] [sup 2][ital F] of an Ar[sup +] ion beam extracted from an electron-impact ion source. The initial states were identified from the measured energy loss in the translational-energy spectra for single-electron stripping from ground-state and metastable Ar[sup +] ions in collisions with O[sub 2]. This technique provides an alternative method of selectivity in the study of electron-impact ionization and excitation processes.

• OSTI ID: 6381174
• Journal Information: Physical Review A; (United States), Vol. 48:1; ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ARGON
METASTABLE STATES
ASTROPHYSICS
ELECTRON-ATOM COLLISIONS
ENERGY DEPENDENCE
ENERGY-LOSS SPECTROSCOPY
IONIZATION
KEV RANGE 01-10
THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS
ATOM COLLISIONS
COLLISIONS
ELECTRON COLLISIONS
ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY
ELEMENTS
ENERGY LEVELS
ENERGY RANGE
EXCITED STATES
FLUIDS
GASES
KEV RANGE
NONMETALS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
RARE GASES
SPECTROSCOPY
SYNTHESIS
664300* - Atomic & Molecular Physics- Collision Phenomena- (1992-)