1S-2S EXCITATION OF FAST HYDROGEN-ATOMS IN COLLISIONS WITH ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR-HYDROGEN

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HILL, J
GEDDES, J
GILBODY, HB
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[1] Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Queen's University of Belfast
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10.1088/0022-3700/12/17/016
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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Cross sections for 1s-2s excitation of 2-25 keV hydrogen atoms in passage through H and H2 have been determined. A tungsten-tube furnace has been used to provide a target of highly dissociated hydrogen and fast H(2s) metastable atoms formed in the excitation process have been detected by recording the Lyman- alpha quench radiation induced by an electric field. Measured cross sections in H are found to be in generally poor accord with theoretical estimates.
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