An experimental determination of the complete transition matrix for the electron transfer process

Autor: Ingrid Reiser, Anders Svensson, J W Thomsen, J. C. Houver, Danielle Dowek, E Sidky, J Salgado, Nils Andersen
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. 29:5459-5473
ISSN: 1361-6455
0953-4075
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/29/22/021
Popis: We have performed an experimental study of the electron transfer processes in collisions leading to Li(2s) and Li(2p), using a beam at a collision energy of 1 keV. Neutral particles scattered in a narrow forward cone were detected in coincidence with polarization-analysed photons emitted from the Li(2p) state. This technique enabled determination of the complete Li(2p) transition matrix as a function of scattering angle, which is typically a fraction of a degree. The experimental results for the complete set of differential cross sections and coherence parameters are in excellent agreement with the predictions of recent molecular basis coupled-channel calculations of Machholm and Courbin.
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