Spin-flip processes in low-energy Fe17+ + He collisions

Autor: H. Wang, R. Bruch, P. L. Altick, E. Rauscher, D. Schneider
Rok vydání: 1993
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Zdroj: AIP Conference Proceedings.
ISSN: 0094-243X
DOI: 10.1063/1.43708
Popis: Spin‐nonconserving electron transfer processes violating the ‘‘Wigner rule’’ have been studied for slow multiply charged ion‐atom collisions. Experimentally a strong population of highly metastable sodium‐like quartet states in low energy Fe17+ + He single collision events has been observed. The possibility of double‐electron capture plus spin‐flip mechanisms has been discussed experimentally and theoretically, Our theoretical model using time dependent perturbation theory predicts that spin‐flip processes are as likely as no spin flip under the conditions of our experiment.
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