DIFFERENTIAL CROSS-SECTIONS FOR RADIATION ASSISTED COLLISIONS BETWEENATOMS

Authors
GROSSER J HOHMEIER D KLOSE S
Citation
J. Grosser et al., DIFFERENTIAL CROSS-SECTIONS FOR RADIATION ASSISTED COLLISIONS BETWEENATOMS, Journal of physics. B, Atomic molecular and optical physics, 29(2), 1996, pp. 299-306
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical",Optics
Journal title
Journal of physics. B, Atomic molecular and optical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09534075
Volume
29
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
299 - 306
Database
ISI
SICI code
0953-4075(1996)29:2<299:DCFRAC>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
We report angle resolved measurements of the excited Na atoms from the process Na(3s) + Kr + h nu --> Na(3p(1/2)) + Kr with non-resonant lig ht. The experiment provides a method to probe the NaKr collision pair by a photon. The Na(3p(1/2)) angular distribution shows an oscillatory structure, which can be used for a test of the NaKr potential curve s ystem. The signal depends strongly upon the polarization of the photon . The effect provides information about the geometric properties of th e collision pair.