SELECTIVE EXCITATION OF PARABOLIC STARK STATES OF HE-I BY PROTON IMPACT

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BUTTRICH, S
VONOPPEN, G
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[1] Institut für Strahlungs- und Kernphysik, Technische Universität Berlin, D-10623 Berlin
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.3778
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Resonancelike intensity variations of the impact radiation were observed at electric-field anticrossings of 1snl 1L and 3L Stark sublevels (n = 5,6,7; l greater-than-or-equal-to 2), when investigating excitation of helium atoms by 12.5 keV proton impact. The measured signal amplitudes provide strong evidence that the collision process excites the electron selectively to the (n1, n2, m) hydrogenic Stark states (0, n-1,0) and (0, n-2, +/-1), indicating that the electron is promoted along in-saddle sequences of H-2+-like molecular orbitals during the final phase of the collision.
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页码:3778 / 3781
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