ELECTRIC-DIPOLE MOMENTS OF IMPACT-EXCITED HE ATOMS

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AYNACIOGLU, AS
HEUMANN, S
VONOPPEN, G
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[1] Institut F̈r Strahlungs- und Kernphysik, Technische Universität Berlin
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.1879
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We excited helium atoms using 1020-keV H2+ (D2+) ion impact and investigated the intensity of the (43D-23P)=447 nm line as a function of an electric field -2 kV/cm +2 kV/cm applied antiparallel and parallel to the ion beam. The recorded signals were strongly asymmetric with respect to the sign of the electric field. This asymmetry is explained by assuming a coherent excitation of He levels with different angular momenta (4d,4f and 5f,5g). These measurements demonstrate that angular momentum coherences of impact-excited states can also be observed in nonhydrogenic systems. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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