Energy Transfer in Charge Exchange Collisions between Slow Ions and Rydberg Atoms

Journal Article · Sat Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1998 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.1817· OSTI ID:641672

Fisher, D S; Fehrenbach, C W; Lundeen, S R ^[1]; Hessels, E A ^[2]; DePaola, B D ^[3]

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1. Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523 (United States)
2. Department of Physics, York University, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3 (CANADA)
3. Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506 (United States)

Charge transfer collisions between slow ions and Rydberg atoms have been studied for ion charges q=1{endash}4 , using resonant laser excitation to detect specific energy states of the collision products. The data collected show a clear resonance in the capture cross section to a particular energy state as the binding energy of the Rydberg target is varied. The resonance position differs significantly from the predictions of the classical overbarrier model, and its width becomes very small (0.025thinspthinspeV) at the lowest velocities studied. {copyright} {ital 1998} {ital The American Physical Society}

• OSTI ID: 641672
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 81; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

66 PHYSICS
ATOMS
BINDING ENERGY
CAPTURE
CHARGE EXCHANGE
CROSS SECTIONS
ENERGY TRANSFER
EXCITATION
IONS
LASERS
RESONANCE
RYDBERG STATES
VELOCITY