LEFT-RIGHT SCATTERING ASYMMETRIES FOR ELECTRON-TRANSFER FROM ORIENTEDAND TILTED ALIGNED NA(3P) STATES TO H(N=2,3)

We present experimental and theoretical results for the spatial patter n of forwardly scattered H(n=2,3) atoms created by electron transfer f rom optically prepared Na(3p) atoms by 2-keV proton impact. The near-r esonant H(n=2) and the endoergic H(n=3) channels display dramatically different left-right scattering asymmetries, varying strongly with the initial polarization of the target. The results illuminate current id eas on the role of the internal dynamics for transition propensities i n the electron transfer process, including a connection between the co llisional behavior of aligned and oriented states.