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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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