Electron-impact excitation of He: Dependence of electron-photon coherence parameters on the principal quantum number

Abstract
Measurements are presented representing a complete set of electron-photon polarization correlation parameters for the excitation of n P1 states of He at an incident energy of 80 eV and an electron scattering angle of 20°. The data support the predictions of a recent theoretical paper that these parameters should exhibit little variation with n. However, disagreement in absolute values between experiment and theory indicates the need for additional theoretical input into the problem.

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