Photoionization of Sc2+: Experimental link with photorecombination of Sc3+ by application of detailed balance

S. Schippers, A. Müller, S. Ricz, M. E. Bannister, G. H. Dunn, J. Bozek, A. S. Schlachter, G. Hinojosa, C. Cisneros, A. Aguilar, A. M. Covington, M. F. Gharaibeh, R. A. Phaneuf

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Abstract

The principle of microscopic time-reversal of physical processes, detailed balance, is widely used and depended upon in the theoretical community as a connection between the inverse processes of photorecombination (PR) and photoionization (PI). This paper reports on a novel use of detailed balance and the comparison of experimental results obtained by two very distinct techniques to determine both the metastable fraction of an ion beam and partial Sc3+ PR cross sections and partial Sc2+ PI cross sections for the ground state and for two metastable states. The Sc2+ to Sc3+ system presents a unique opportunity to obtain comprehensive state-selective information by combining results from PR and PI experiments.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)297-300
Number of pages4
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Volume205
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2003
EventHCI - 2001 - Caen, France
Duration: Sep 1 2002Sep 6 2002

Funding

We gratefully acknowledge financial support through the NATO Collaborative Research Grants CRG-950911 (AM, SS), CLG-976362 (SR) and from the Division of Chemical Sciences, Biosciences and Geosciences of the US Department of Energy under contract DE-FG03-00ER14787 (AA, AMC, MFG, RAP). GHD was supported in part by US DOE contract DE-A102-95ER54293 and MEB was supported in part by the Office of Fusion Energy Sciences of the US DOE under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with UT-Battelle, LLC.

Keywords

  • Detailed balance
  • Heavy-ion storage ring
  • Merged beams
  • Photoionization
  • Photorecombination
  • Synchrotron radiation

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