SPIN ASYMMETRIES FOR TRIPLE-DIFFERENTIAL ELECTRON-IMPACT IONIZATION OF LITHIUM AT 54.4 EV

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作者
BAUM, G
BLASK, W
FREIENSTEIN, P
FROST, L
HESSE, S
RAITH, W
RAPPOLT, P
STREUN, M
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[1] Universität Bielefeld, Fakultät für Physik
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.3037
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Up to now, all triple-differential cross-section measurements were performed with unpolarized electrons and atoms and, consequently, averaged over direct and exchange scattering. In our crossed-beam experiment, spin-polarized lithium atoms were ionized by spin-polarized electrons of 54.4 eV energy. In coplanar, asymmetric coincidence detection of scattered and ejected electrons, combined with electron-energy analysis, we measured a spin asymmetry which gives new information about the ionization process. Results are compared with recent calculations based on the distorted-wave Born approximation.
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