Use of a fast beam target for the determination and reduction of the cascade contribution to electron excitation cross-section measurements

Authors
Boffard, JB Gehrke, MF Lagus, ME Anderson, LW Lin, CC
Citation
Jb. Boffard et al., Use of a fast beam target for the determination and reduction of the cascade contribution to electron excitation cross-section measurements, EUR PHY J D, 8(2), 2000, pp. 193-198
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL D
ISSN journal
14346060 → ACNP
Volume
8
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
193 - 198
Database
ISI
SICI code
1434-6060(200002)8:2<193:UOAFBT>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
This paper describes a method for reducing the influence of cascades on the measurement of electron excitation cross sections using the optical method and a fast beam atomic target. By using a fast beam of target atoms one ca n reduce the influence of cascades on a measurement, and estimate the casca de contribution to the excitation signal.