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Charge transfer and excitation in high-energy ion-atom collisions

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OSTI ID:6743262
Coincidence measurements of charge transfer and simultaneous projectile electron excitation provide insight into correlated two-electron processes in energetic ion-atom collisions. Projectile excitation and electron capture can occur simultaneously in a collision of a highly charged ion with a target atom; this process is called resonant transfer and excitation (RTE). The intermediate excited state which is thus formed can subsequently decay by photon emission or by Auger-electron emission. Results are shown for RTE in both the K shell of Ca ions and the L shell of Nb ions, for simultaneous projectile electron loss and excitation, and for the effect of RTE on electron capture.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA); Western Michigan Univ., Kalamazoo (USA). Dept. of Physics; Ulster Univ., Coleraine (UK). Dept. of Physics; Missouri Univ., Rolla (USA). Dept. of Physics; Kansas State Univ., Manhattan (USA). Dept. of Physics; North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh (USA). Dept. of Physics
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098; AC02-83ER13116
OSTI ID:
6743262
Report Number(s):
LBL-22457; CONF-8611124-1; ON: DE87003540
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English