NEW METHOD TO ANALYZE FAST METASTABLE ATOMIC-BEAMS

Authors
HECHT T WINTER H MCCULLOUGH RW
Citation
T. Hecht et al., NEW METHOD TO ANALYZE FAST METASTABLE ATOMIC-BEAMS, Review of scientific instruments, 68(7), 1997, pp. 2693-2697
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied","Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
Review of scientific instruments → ACNP
ISSN journal
00346748
Volume
68
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2693 - 2697
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-6748(1997)68:7<2693:NMTAFM>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
By making use of effects of the image charge on projectile trajectorie s in scattering of a fast beam of metastable He-atoms with keV energie s from an Al (111) surface under a glancing angle of incidence, we hav e developed a new method to analyze fast atomic beams with respect to relative populations of excited metastable states. Based on our experi mental studies we propose the construction of a corresponding detector . (C) 1997 American Institure of Physics.