Recombination involving the core excitation of two electrons, which may be termed trielectronic recombination, has been experimentally identified for the first time. Using [Formula presented] ions circulating in the TSR heavy-ion storage ring, we have observed surprisingly strong low-energy trielectronic recombination resonances, comparable to the dielectronic process. At higher electron-ion collision energies, trielectronic recombination is suppressed due to the autoionization of the triply excited intermediate state into excited final states. The formation of the intermediate state depends sensitively on configuration mixing, making trielectronic recombination a challenge to atomic-structure calculations. © 2003 The American Physical Society.
Documento: | Artículo |
Título: | Observation of Trielectronic Recombination in Be-like Cl Ions |
Autor: | Schnell, M.; Gwinner, G.; Badnell, N.R.; Bannister, M.E.; Böhm, S.; Colgan, J.; Kieslich, S.; Loch, S.D.; Mitnik, D.; Müller, A.; Pindzola, M.S.; Schippers, S.; Schwalm, D.; Shi, W.; Wolf, A.; Zhou, S.-G. |
Filiación: | Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, 69117, Germany Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G4 0NG, United Kingdom Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, United States Institut für Kernphysik, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen, 35392, Germany Department of Physics, Auburn University, Auburn, 36849, United States Departamento de Física, Universidad de Buenos Aires, FCEyN Buenos Aires (C1428EGA), Argentina School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China |
Palabras clave: | Astrophysics; Carrier concentration; Chlorine; Electron beams; Phosphors; Plasmas; Storage rings; Temperature; Autoionization; Electron temperature; Electron-impact ionization; Heavy ion storage ring; Maxwellian electron velocity distribution; Trielectronic recombinations; Electrons |
Año: | 2003 |
Volumen: | 91 |
Número: | 4 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.043001 |
Título revista: | Physical Review Letters |
Título revista abreviado: | Phys Rev Lett |
ISSN: | 00319007 |
Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00319007_v91_n4_p_Schnell |