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
Externally publishedYes

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