State changing inNa(nd)-electron collisions

1 January 1982

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A

Vol. 25 (1) , 187-191
https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.25.187

Abstract

An experiment is described in which 25-eV electrons are allowed to collide with sodium atoms in selected

nd

Rydberg states with

36 \leq n \leq 50

. The excited collision products are analyzed by use of selective field ionization. Collisions are found to result in state changing, and cross sections for this process are estimated.

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