Connection between Superelastic and Inelastic Electron-Atom Collisions Involving Polarized Collision Partners

Author

Klaus Bartschat
Don H. Madison, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow

Abstract

It is shown how the results of a recent experiment by Jiang, Zuo, Vuković, and Bederson [Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 915 (1992)], who investigated low-energy electron scattering from laser-excited polarized sodium atoms in the initial (3p) ²P°_3/2 (F=3, M_F=3) state, can be related to the inelastic 3S→3P transition involving initially unpolarized electron and atom beams. Hence, this method can provide an independent check of the traditional electron-scattering experiment with unpolarized beams.

Recommended Citation

K. Bartschat and D. H. Madison, "Connection between Superelastic and Inelastic Electron-Atom Collisions Involving Polarized Collision Partners," Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 836 - 837, American Physical Society (APS), Jul 1993.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.48.836

Department(s)

Physics

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

1050-2947

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Final Version

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 1993 American Physical Society (APS), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jul 1993