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Comment on 'Entropy lowering in ion-atom collisions'

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.73.0· OSTI ID:20786812
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  1. V. Fock Institute of Physics, St Petersburg State University, St Petersburg 198504 (Russian Federation) and Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Noetnitzer Strasse 38, D-01187, Dresden (Germany)

The recent experimental result by Nguyen et al. [Phys. Rev. A 71, 062714 (2005)] on the ratio of cross sections for charge exchange processes Rb{sup +}+Rb(5s){yields}Rb(5p)+Rb{sup +} and Rb{sup +}+Rb(5p){yields}Rb(5s)+Rb{sup +} is quantitatively derived from simple considerations within the general framework of the quasimolecular theory. Contrary to the expectations, applicability of the Demkov model for charge exchange with small energy defect is not shattered.

OSTI ID:
20786812
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 73; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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