Polarization studies on the radiative recombination of highly charged bare ions

Journal Article · Fri Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 2003 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.68.022710· OSTI ID:20640063

Surzhykov, Andrey; Fritzsche, Stephan; Stoehlker, Thomas; Tachenov, Stanislav ^[1]

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1. Universitaet Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Strasse 40, D-34132 Kassel, (Germany)

The polarization of the emitted photons is studied for the radiative recombination of free electrons into the bound states of bare, highly charged ions. We apply density matrix theory in order to investigate how the photon polarization is affected if the incident electrons are themselves spin polarized. For K-shell electron capture, for instance, the linear polarization of the light, which is measured out of the reaction plane, is defined by the degree of polarization of the electrons and may be used as a tool for studying the polarization properties of the electron targets and/or the projectile ions. Detailed computations of the Stokes parameters of x-ray emission following the radiative recombination of bare uranium ions U{sup 92+} are carried out for a wide range of projectile energies and for different polarization states of the incident electrons.

• OSTI ID: 20640063
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 68; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
BOUND STATE
DENSITY MATRIX
ELECTRON CAPTURE
ELECTRONS
K SHELL
PHOTOEMISSION
PHOTONS
POLARIZATION
RECOMBINATION
SPIN
STOKES PARAMETERS
URANIUM IONS
VISIBLE RADIATION
X RADIATION
X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY