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Investigations of molecular orbitals with accel-decel beams

Conference ·
OSTI ID:6236417
Quasimolecular transition energies can be found directly from the impact-parameter dependence of interference structure observed in measured K x-ray spectra. As these experiments require a K-vacancy bearing projectile at collision velocities small compared to the equivalent K-shell electron velocity, the accel-decel technique has to be used. Such an experiment was performed at the BNL Tandem Accel-Decel Facility for collisions of Cl/sup 16 +/ with Ar at energies ranging from 2.5 to 20 MeV. A new method of analysis using the uniform asymptotic approximation is described here. Quasimolecular transition energies derived using this method are compared to results of a previous analysis based on the determination of the relative positions of maxima and minima in the interference patterns. 6 references, 3 figures.
Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA); Heidelberg Univ. (Germany, F.R.). Physikalisches Inst.; Frankfurt Univ. (Germany, F.R.). Inst. fuer Kernphysik; Weizmann Inst. of Science, Rehovoth (Israel)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH00016
OSTI ID:
6236417
Report Number(s):
BNL-35312; CONF-841117-29; ON: DE85005128
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English