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Interference Effects Due To Projectile Target Nucleus Scattering In Single Ionization Of H₂ By 75-Kev Proton Impact, Jason S. Alexander, Aaron C. Laforge, Ahmad Hasan, Z. S. Machavariani, M. F. Ciappina, R. D. Rivarola, Don H. Madison, Michael Schulz Dec 2008

Interference Effects Due To Projectile Target Nucleus Scattering In Single Ionization Of H₂ By 75-Kev Proton Impact, Jason S. Alexander, Aaron C. Laforge, Ahmad Hasan, Z. S. Machavariani, M. F. Ciappina, R. D. Rivarola, Don H. Madison, Michael Schulz

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Doubly differential cross sections (DDCSs) for single ionization of molecular hydrogen by 75-keV proton impact have been measured and calculated as a function of the projectile scattering angle and energy loss. Interference structures are observed in the scattering angular dependence of the DDCSs, which disappear, however, at electron speeds near the projectile speed. The comparison to our calculations shows that the projectile-target nucleus interaction plays a central role. Furthermore, our data suggest that for a given scattering angle, ionization favors well-defined molecular orientations.


Spin- And Fine-Structure-Resolved Ionization Of Krypton, S. Bellm, J. Lower, R. P. Mceachran, E. Weigold, Ciarán Ryan-Anderson, Don H. Madison Dec 2008

Spin- And Fine-Structure-Resolved Ionization Of Krypton, S. Bellm, J. Lower, R. P. Mceachran, E. Weigold, Ciarán Ryan-Anderson, Don H. Madison

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The influence of exchange, correlation, and relativistic effects in the ionization of heavy-target atoms can be sensitively probed by kinematically complete studies involving spin-polarized electrons, in particular when the fine structure of the residual ion is resolved. We present spin asymmetries, triple differential cross sections, and branching ratios for the ionization, by 127.5-eV and 114.3-eV electrons, of ground-state krypton atoms leading to the Kr+ 4s 2S1/2, 4p5 2P1/2, and 4p5 2P3/2 states. In order to untangle contributions from different physical effects, the experimental results are compared to those from distorted-wave Born approximation calculations (non- and semirelativistic) in which bound-state and …


Charge Exchange And X-Ray Emission Cross Sections For Multiply Charged Ions Colliding With H₂O, Sebastian Otranto, Ronald E. Olson Feb 2008

Charge Exchange And X-Ray Emission Cross Sections For Multiply Charged Ions Colliding With H₂O, Sebastian Otranto, Ronald E. Olson

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Total and state selective nl-electron capture cross sections are presented for highly charged ions Z=4-10, 14, 18, and 26 colliding with water molecules. The energy range investigated was from 10 eV/amu (v=0.02 a.u.) to 100 keV/amu (v=2 a.u.). An initialization for the 1B1 and 3A1 orbitals of the water molecule is introduced based on the one center expansion of Moccia and compared to our previous studies based on a hydrogenic approximation within the microcanonical ensemble. The Z dependence of the calculated total cross sections is in reasonable agreement with the recent data of Mawhorter et al. [Phys. Rev. A 75, …


Angular Distributions From Photoionization Of H₂⁺, J. Colgan, O. Al-Hagan, Jerry Peacher, Don H. Madison, M. S. Pindzola, M. Foster Jan 2007

Angular Distributions From Photoionization Of H₂⁺, J. Colgan, O. Al-Hagan, Jerry Peacher, Don H. Madison, M. S. Pindzola, M. Foster

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A study is made of the differential cross sections arising from the photoionization of H2+. Previous studies indicated surprising differences in the shapes of the angular distributions calculated from exterior complex scaling and 2C methods. To further explore these differences, we have calculated the angular distributions from the photoionization of H2+ using an independent two-body Coulomb function (2C) method and a distorted wave approach. As a final test, we also present calculations using a time-dependent technique. Our results confirm the discrepancies found previously and we present possible reasons for these differences.


Reconciliation Of Measured Fully Differential Single Ionization Data With The First Born Approximation Convoluted With Elastic Scattering, Michael Schulz, M. Dürr, B. Najjari, R. Moshammer, J. D. Ullrich Jan 2007

Reconciliation Of Measured Fully Differential Single Ionization Data With The First Born Approximation Convoluted With Elastic Scattering, Michael Schulz, M. Dürr, B. Najjari, R. Moshammer, J. D. Ullrich

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An analysis of experimental fully differential data for single ionization in 100 MeV/amu C6++He collisions is reported. We present a convolution of the first Born approximation with elastic scattering by using an event generator technique. Furthermore, the calculation is convoluted with all known experimental resolutions. Our analysis shows that elastic scattering is a viable explanation for surprising structures observed in the fully differential cross sections outside the scattering plane. Furthermore, it may even explain discrepancies in the “recoil peak” frequently observed for both ion and electron impact.


Benchmarking High-Field Few-Electron Correlation And Qed Contributions In Hg⁷⁵⁺ To Hg⁷⁸⁺ Ions. Ii. Theory, Zoltan Harman, I. I. Tupitsyn, Anton N. Artemyev, Ulrich D. Jentschura, Christoph H. Keitel, Jose R. Crespo Lopez-Urrutia, Antonio J. Gonzalez, Hiroyuki Tawara, Joachim Hermann Ullrich May 2006

Benchmarking High-Field Few-Electron Correlation And Qed Contributions In Hg⁷⁵⁺ To Hg⁷⁸⁺ Ions. Ii. Theory, Zoltan Harman, I. I. Tupitsyn, Anton N. Artemyev, Ulrich D. Jentschura, Christoph H. Keitel, Jose R. Crespo Lopez-Urrutia, Antonio J. Gonzalez, Hiroyuki Tawara, Joachim Hermann Ullrich

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Theoretical resonance energies for KLL dielectronic recombination into He-, Li-, Be-, and B-like Hg ions are calculated by various means and discussed in detail. We apply the multiconfiguration Dirac-Fock and the configuration interaction Dirac-Fock-Sturmian methods, and quantum electrodynamic many-body theory. The different contributions such as relativistic electron interaction, quantum electrodynamic contributions, and finite nuclear size and mass corrections are calculated and their respective theoretical uncertainties are estimated. Our final results are compared to experimental data from the preceding paper. The comparison of theoretical values with the experimental energies shows a good overall agreement for most transitions and illustrates the significance …


Radiative Electron Capture Into High- Z Few-Electron Ions: Alignment Of The Excited Ionic States, Andrey S. Surzhykov, Ulrich D. Jentschura, Th H. Stohlker, Stephan Fritzsche Mar 2006

Radiative Electron Capture Into High- Z Few-Electron Ions: Alignment Of The Excited Ionic States, Andrey S. Surzhykov, Ulrich D. Jentschura, Th H. Stohlker, Stephan Fritzsche

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We lay out a unified formalism for the description of radiative electron capture into excited states of heavy, few-electron ions and their subsequent decay, including a full account of many-electron effects and higher-order multipoles of the radiation field. In particular, the density-matrix theory is applied to explore the magnetic sublevel population of the residual ions, as described in terms of alignment parameters. For the electron capture into the initially hydrogenlike U91+ and lithiumlike U89+ uranium projectiles, the alignment parameters are calculated, within the multiconfiguration Dirac-Fock approach, as a function of the collision energy and for different ionic states. …


X-Ray Emission Cross Sections Following Charge Exchange By Multiply Charged Ions Of Astrophysical Interest, Sebastian Otranto, Ronald E. Olson, P. Beiersdorfer Feb 2006

X-Ray Emission Cross Sections Following Charge Exchange By Multiply Charged Ions Of Astrophysical Interest, Sebastian Otranto, Ronald E. Olson, P. Beiersdorfer

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State selective nl-electron capture cross sections are presented for highly charged ions with Z=6-10 colliding with atoms and molecules. The energy range investigated was from 1 eV/amu(v=0.006 a.u.)to 100 keV/amu(v=2.0 a.u.). The energy dependence of the l-level populations is investigated. The K shell x-ray emission cross sections are determined by using the calculated state-selective electron capture results as input and then applying hydrogenic branching and cascading values for the photon emission. A major shift in the line emission from being almost solely Lyman-alpha transitions at the highest collisions energies to strong high-n to 1s transitions at the lowest energies is …


Channel Electron Multiplier And Channelplate Efficiencies For Detecting Positive Ions, M. Krems, J. Zirbel, Mark Allan Thomason, Robert D. Dubois Sep 2005

Channel Electron Multiplier And Channelplate Efficiencies For Detecting Positive Ions, M. Krems, J. Zirbel, Mark Allan Thomason, Robert D. Dubois

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Absolute detection efficiencies for singly and multiply charged positive ions have been measured for a channelplate and for two different channel electron multipliers (CEM). The efficiencies were measured for impact energies between approximately 0.25 and 25 keV and for ion masses ranging from 14 to 132. The maximum efficiencies were found to be the same for all ions investigated and were approximately 58% for a channelplate and 89% for the CEMs. For a channelplate it is shown that the detection efficiencies for heavier ions scale to a single curve if plotted versus the impact energy divided by the square root …


Precollision And Postcollision Electron-Electron Correlation Effects For Intermediate-Energy Proton-Impact Ionization Of Helium, M. Foster, Jerry Peacher, Michael Schulz, Ahmad Hasan, Don H. Madison Jan 2005

Precollision And Postcollision Electron-Electron Correlation Effects For Intermediate-Energy Proton-Impact Ionization Of Helium, M. Foster, Jerry Peacher, Michael Schulz, Ahmad Hasan, Don H. Madison

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We report fully differential cross sections (FDCS) for the single ionization of helium by a 75 keV incident energy proton. Previous three-body distorted wave (3DW) calculations for this collision system are in poor agreement with the absolute magnitude of the experimental measurements. The 3DW approximation treats the four-body problem as an effective three-body problem in which the passive electron does not participate in the collision. We have developed a full four-body approach in which the passive electron fully participates in the collision. It will be shown that the FDCS is very sensitive to the treatment of the passive electron-ejected electron …


Projectile-Residual-Target-Ion Scattering After Single Ionization Of Helium By Slow Proton Impact, N. V. Maydanyuk, Ahmad Hasan, M. Foster, B. Tooke, Don H. Madison, Michael Schulz, Emilio Nanni Jan 2005

Projectile-Residual-Target-Ion Scattering After Single Ionization Of Helium By Slow Proton Impact, N. V. Maydanyuk, Ahmad Hasan, M. Foster, B. Tooke, Don H. Madison, Michael Schulz, Emilio Nanni

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We have measured fully differential single ionization cross sections for 75 keV p+He collisions. At this relatively small projectile velocity, signatures of the projectile-residual-target-ion interaction, which are not observable for fast projectiles and for electron impact, are revealed rather sensitively. In fact, this interaction appears to be more important than the postcollision interaction, which so far was assumed to be the most important factor in higher-order effects for slow ion impact. These features are not well reproduced by our three-distorted-wave calculations.


Coincident Fragment Detection In Strong Field Photoionization And Dissociation Of H₂, Horst Rottke, Christoph Trump, M. Wittmann, Georg Korn, Wolfgang Sandner, Robert Moshammer, Alexander Dorn, Claus Dieter Schroter, Daniel Fischer, Jose R. Crespo Lopez-Urrutia, Paul B. Neumayer, J. Deipenwisch, C. Hohr, Bernold Feuerstein, Joachim Hermann Ullrich Jul 2002

Coincident Fragment Detection In Strong Field Photoionization And Dissociation Of H₂, Horst Rottke, Christoph Trump, M. Wittmann, Georg Korn, Wolfgang Sandner, Robert Moshammer, Alexander Dorn, Claus Dieter Schroter, Daniel Fischer, Jose R. Crespo Lopez-Urrutia, Paul B. Neumayer, J. Deipenwisch, C. Hohr, Bernold Feuerstein, Joachim Hermann Ullrich

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An investigation of the correlated electronic and nuclear motion in fragmentation of H2 in 4 x 1014 W/cm2, fs laser pulses at 795 nm was presented using the electron-ion momentum spectroscopy. The channel selective electron energy distribution indicated assumption of a new H2 ionization mechanism to interpret the differences found in the fragmentation channels. The results showed that the momentum distribution of H+ ions in the dissociation channels H(1s) + H+ + e- and 2H+ + 2e- was independent of the kinetic energy of photoelectrons.