Excited-state subshell population of hydrogen atoms after transmission of relativistic H{sup {minus}} ions through thin foils

Journal Article · Tue Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1998 · Physical Review A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.58.2183· OSTI ID:641639

Kuerpick, P; Reinhold, C O; Burgdoerfer, J ^[1]; Gervais, B ^[2]

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1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6373 (United States)
2. Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche avec les Ions Lourds, Laboratoire Mixte CEA CNRS, rue C. Bloch, Boite Postale 5133, 14040 Caen Cedex 05 (France)

We present a theoretical study of the transmission of relativistic H{sup {minus}} ions through thin carbon foils for a broad range of beam energies. Our study is based on a Monte Carlo solution of the Langevin equation describing electronic excitations of the atoms during the transport through the foil. We present calculations for the subshell populations of outgoing hydrogen atoms and we show that there exists a propensity for populating extreme Stark states. Our results are found to be in good agreement with recent experimental data. We analyze the effect of a laboratory magnetic field on the population dynamics. {copyright} {ital 1998} {ital The American Physical Society}

• OSTI ID: 641639
• Journal Information: Physical Review A, Journal Name: Physical Review A Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 58; ISSN PLRAAN; ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

66 PHYSICS
ANIONS
CARBON
EXCITED STATES
HYDROGEN
HYDROGEN IONS
HYDROGEN IONS 1 MINUS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MONTE CARLO METHOD
RELATIVISTIC RANGE
STARK EFFECT