Intra-atomic electron-electron scattering in p-he collisions (thomas process) investigated by cold target recoil ion momentum spectroscopy

V. Mergel, R. Dörner, M. Achler, K. H. Khayyat, S. Lencinas, J. Euler, O. Jagutzki, S. Nüttgens, M. Unverzagt, L. Spielberger, W. Wu, R. Ali, J. Ullrich, H. Cederquist, A. Salin, C. J. Wood, R. E. Olson, D. Belkic, C. L. Cocke, H. Schmidt-Böcking

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Abstract

We have performed a kinematically complete experiment for the transfer ionization reaction 0.15-1.4 MeV p+He-->H0+He2++e- by measuring the three-dimensional momentum vector of the He2+ ion in coincidence with the scattering angle and the plane of the H0. In the measured fourfold differential cross section we can clearly distinguish between the independent two-step process of capture plus ionization and the correlated e- e Thomas scattering. We find a v-7.4+/-1P scaling for the total cross section of the e- e Thomas process.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)387-390
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume79
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 1997

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