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Projectile [ital L][sub 2,3]-shell electron excitation in slow Ne[sup +]-Al collisions

Journal Article · · Physical Review A; (United States)
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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita della Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza (Italy)
  2. Engineering Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 (United States)
We report angle-resolved studies of projectile [ital L][sub 2,3]-shell autoionization electron emission by bombarding a polycrystalline Al surface with 0.2--5-keV Ne[sup +] ions. Several previously unresolved transition lines have been observed and assignment to Ne 2[ital p][sup 3][ital nln][prime][ital l][prime][ital n][prime][prime][ital l][prime][prime] and Ne[sup +] 2[ital p][sup 3][ital nln][prime][ital l][prime] autoionizing states has been proposed. We found that the [sup 3][ital P] triplet is the dominant configuration for the excited Ne 2[ital p][sup 4]3[ital s][sup 2] and its relative population depends sensitively on both the primary ion energy and incidence angle. Analysis of the electron spectra shows that most excited Ne particles are backscattered from the surface and decay in vacuum, rather than inside the solid.
OSTI ID:
6946776
Journal Information:
Physical Review A; (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review A; (United States) Vol. 50:5; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English