OBSERVATION OF ENHANCED ELECTRON-ION RECOMBINATION RATES AT VERY-LOW ENERGIES

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作者
GAO, H [1 ]
DEWITT, DR [1 ]
SCHUCH, R [1 ]
ZONG, W [1 ]
ASP, S [1 ]
PAJEK, M [1 ]
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[1] JAN KOCHANOWSKI UNIV HUMANITIES & SCI, KIELCE, POLAND
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.4381
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O4 [物理学];
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A strong enhancement of electron-ion recombination over expected rates at sub-eV relative energies is revealed for highly charged ions. Measured Ne10+ and Ar13+ recombination rates were found to be enhanced at low (<1 meV) energies by factors of 4 and 10 over theoretical predictions of radiative recombination rates, respectively. It is shown that the majority of the enhancement in Ar13+ is caused by very low lying Delta n = 0 dielectronic recombination resonances; nevertheless, the nonresonant contributions to the measured recombination rates for both systems were found to be significantly higher than predicted by presently available models.
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