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Resonant enhancement of dielectronic recombination by a high-frequency microwave field

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-0714 (United States)

Dielectronic recombination via the Ba 6p{sub 3/2}nl states from a continuum of finite bandwidth is resonantly enhanced by a 38.8-GHz microwave field at the energies for which the {delta}n=1, 2, ..., k transitions of the intermediate 6p{sub 1/2}nl states are resonant with the microwave frequency. The mechanism is resonant Stark mixing of high and low l states by the microwave field. While static field enhancement of dielectronic recombination occurs at fields scaling as n{sup -5}, the field required for enhancement of the {delta}n=k, k{>=}2 resonances is roughly n independent.

OSTI ID:
20650448
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 71; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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