Interference effects in double ionization of spatially aligned hydrogen molecules by fast highly charged ions

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作者
Landers, AL [1 ]
Wells, E
Osipov, T
Carnes, KD
Alnaser, AS
Tanis, JA
McGuire, JH
Ben-Itzhak, I
Cocke, CL
机构
[1] Western Michigan Univ, Dept Phys, Kalamazoo, MI 49008 USA
[2] Auburn Univ, Dept Phys, Auburn, AL 36849 USA
[3] Augustana Coll, Dept Phys, Sioux Falls, SD 57197 USA
[4] Kansas State Univ, Dept Phys, JR Macdonald Lab, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA
[5] Tulane Univ, Dept Phys, New Orleans, LA 70118 USA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 2004年 / 70卷 / 04期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.70.042702
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Cross sections differential in target orientation angle were measured for 19 MeV F8+ + D-2 collisions. Multihit position-sensitive detectors were used to isolate the double-ionization channel and determine a posteriori the full momentum vectors of both ejected D+ fragments. A strong dependence of the double ionization cross section on the angle between the incident ion direction and the target molecular axis is observed with a approximate to 3.5: 1 enhancement for molecules aligned perpendicular to the projectile axis. This clear asymmetry is attributed to interference effects, analogous to Young's two-slit experiment, arising from coherent contributions to the ionization from both atomic centers. The data are compared to a simple scattering model based on two center interference.
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