Multiple two-photon resonance-enhanced ionization of elements under natural conditions: Nebulae in the vicinity of hot stars

Authors
Johansson, S Letokhov, VS
Citation
S. Johansson et Vs. Letokhov, Multiple two-photon resonance-enhanced ionization of elements under natural conditions: Nebulae in the vicinity of hot stars, JETP LETTER, 73(3), 2001, pp. 118-120
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JETP LETTERS
ISSN journal
00213640 → ACNP
Volume
73
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
118 - 120
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-3640(2001)73:3<118:MTRIOE>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The possibility is considered of two-photon ionization of atomic particles, with the atomic (ion) level quantum being in quasi-resonance with an inten se incoherent monochromatic VUV light under natural conditions, for example , inside planetary nebulae in the vicinity of bright stars. The collisionle ss resonance-enhanced photoionization mechanism considered may give rise to multiply charged ions as a result of successive (multiple) resonance-enhan ced ionization of the photoions produced in a rarefied media with a very lo w rate of recombination. (C) 2001 MAIK "Nauka/Interperiodica".