PRONOUNCED ORIENTATION EFFECT OBSERVED IN RESONANT ELECTRON-CAPTURE FOR H-2-IONS COLLIDING WITH NA(3P) CIRCULAR ATOMIC STATES( MOLECULAR)

Authors
HOUVER JC DOWEK D RICHTER C SALGADO J THOMSEN JW
Citation
Jc. Houver et al., PRONOUNCED ORIENTATION EFFECT OBSERVED IN RESONANT ELECTRON-CAPTURE FOR H-2-IONS COLLIDING WITH NA(3P) CIRCULAR ATOMIC STATES( MOLECULAR), Europhysics letters, 23(8), 1993, pp. 559-565
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Europhysics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
02955075
Volume
23
Issue
8
Year of publication
1993
Pages
559 - 565
Database
ISI
SICI code
0295-5075(1993)23:8<559:POEOIR>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
A strong right-left scattering asymmetry has been observed in resonant electron capture for H-2+ molecular ions impinging on Na(3p) oriented states excited by circularly polarized laser light at keV collision e nergies. The collision velocity v(c) is close to one third of the orbi tal velocity of the sodium 3p electron. The measured asymmetry is comp arable to the orientation effect observed in quasi-resonant charge tra nsfer for protons colliding with Na(3p) oriented targets.