FORMATION OF EXCITED HELIUM-ATOMS FROM HELIUM MOLECULAR-IONS

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BATES, DR
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[1] Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Queen's University, Belfast
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10.1088/0022-3700/12/1/008
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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It is proposed that the helium atoms in the second quantum levels which are produced by the recombination of helium molecular ions arise from collisions between normal helium atoms and excited helium molecules during their passage downward from the high Rydberg levels first entered to the metastable level.
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