Production of Highly Excited States of Fast Ions Emerging from Solid Targets
- 3 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 50 (1) , 34-37
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.50.34
Abstract
Production of projectile Rydberg states in fast-ion-foil collisions is shown to exhibit a pronounced target-thickness dependence, proving that Rydberg states are not predominantly formed by direct capture of target electrons. Instead, it is proposed that ionized projectile electrons can undergo transition back to Rydberg states when the ion emerges from the foil.Keywords
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