Excitation of autoionising Li I and He states in 20-500 keV Li+-He collisions
- 28 June 1981
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Vol. 14 (12) , 2023-2036
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3700/14/12/014
Abstract
Autoionisation in 20-500 keV Li+-He collisions has been studied experimentally and absolute cross sections sigma (Li) and sigma (He) have been obtained. A double hump structure is observed for sigma (Li) against impact velocity, while sigma (He) declines surprisingly rapidly. For the four prominent Li lines: (1s2s2)2S, 1s(2s2p3P)a2P, 1s(2s2p1P)b2P and (1s2p2)2D, angular distributions have been measured to yield relative substate populations. The a2P state has a remarkable alignment structure peaked at an impact energy 250 keV with Q(ML=0)/Q(ML=1)=7.5, not seen in the b2P state. The mechanism of a2P excitation is not yet clear.Keywords
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