Separation of Single-and Two-Center Interference in Ionization of H₂ by Proton Impact

Abstract

We present a triple differential experimental study of ionization of molecular hydrogen by proton impact. By comparing cross-sections obtained for coherent and incoherent projectile beams we were able to extract contributions from interference. Two types of distinctly different interferences could be identified. We demonstrate that both types can be separated in the same data set by analyzing triple differential cross-sections for fixed momentum transfer and for fixed recoil-ion momentum.

Department(s)

Physics

Keywords and Phrases

Molecules; Projectiles; Protons; Data set; Ion momentum; Molecular hydrogen; Projectile beam; Proton impact; Triple differential cross sections; Two-center interference; Ionization

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0953-4075

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2015 Institute of Physics - IOP Publishing, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Mar 2015

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