Published July 1, 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

Isoelectronic study of double-electron capture in slow ion-atom collisions

  • 1. High Temperature Plasma Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P. O. Box 808, L-421, Livermore, California 94550 (USA)
  • 2. Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (USA)

Description

We report studies of double-electron transfer in slow collisions (v∼0.2--0.4 a.u.) of the F-like (nine-electron) ions Si5+, Ar9+,Sc12+, Ti13+, Fe17+, and Cu20+ with He atoms. The transfer populates doubly excited states of the Na sequence (eleven electrons) of these elements that we study via the subsequent electron emission using high-resolution Auger spectroscopic techniques. Comparison is made to spectra that are formed by single-electron capture by Ne-like (ten-electron) ions in the 2p53s 3P0,2 metastable levels. Non-Coulomb (Breit interaction) Auger decay of the Na-like metastable level 2p53s3p 4D7/2 forms a prominent line in many of these spectra

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Journal Title
Physical Review, A
Journal Volume
44
Journal Issue
1
Series
Phys. Rev., A.
Journal Page Range
243-252
ISSN
0556-2791
CODEN
PLRAA