Abstract
The mean adsorption lifetime has been measured for the fraction of adsorbed Rb which was desorbed as neutral atoms from an etched W surface. The lifetime was found to be greatly different from that obtained in the case of Rb ions. Experimental values have been found to be consistent with a theoretical model which assumes that, in a surface ionization process, the adsorbed particles may occupy either of two discrete states with distinctly different types of binding.

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