MAGNETIC BOTTLE ZEKE SPECTROMETER

Authors
BAHATT D CHESHNOVSKY O EVEN U
Citation
D. Bahatt et al., MAGNETIC BOTTLE ZEKE SPECTROMETER, Zeitschrift für physikalische Chemie, 184, 1994, pp. 253-264
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical","Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Zeitschrift für physikalische Chemie → ACNP
ISSN journal
09429352
Volume
184
Year of publication
1994
Part
1-2
Pages
253 - 264
Database
ISI
SICI code
0942-9352(1994)184:<253:MBZS>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
A new type of a ZEKE (zero kinetic energy electrons) spectrometer was developed for improved detection efficiency and energy resolution. A t ypical resolution of 2 - 3 cm-1 (approximately 0.3 meV) was easily ach ieved at signal levels of 10(3) electrons/pulse. This spectrometer was used to interrogate the dynamics of excited Rydberg state population in mercury. The dynamics of the Rydberg state population was found to be governed by collisions with the background gas atoms.