Measurement of relative electron-impact-excitation cross sections for ${Fe}^{24 +}$

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1 October 1989

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Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A

Vol. 40 (7) , 4089-4092
https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.40.4089

Abstract

We present measurements of the relative electron-impact-excitation cross sections for the 1

s^{2}

{}^{1}S_{0}

–1s2p

{}^{1}P_{1}

, 1

s^{2}

{}^{1}S_{0}

–1s2p

{}^{3}P_{2}

, 1

s^{2}

{}^{1}S_{0}

–1s2p

{}^{3}P_{1}

, and

{1 s}^{2}

{}^{1}S_{0}

–1s2s

{}^{3}S_{1}

transitions for the He-like ion,

{Fe}^{24 +}

. The measurements were made at two electron energies: 6.86 and 9.94 keV. The cross-section measurements are compared with theoretical calculations.

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