Abstract
The authors have observed the alignment of the 5p P322 state of strontium ions produced in Penning collisions between an unpolarized beam of helium metastable atoms and a strontium vapor target. The alignment is shown by a linear polarization of the optical emission from the excited ion. For a 66-meV beam of helium metastable atoms a 3.5% linear polarization of the emission relative to the beam axis was measured. It is shown how the alignment may be used to determine the probabilities for populating the various final Quasi molecular states of the ion-atom pair. The alignment of the Penning ions is an important new parameter in the description of these reactions. © 1979 The American Physical Society.
Recommended Citation
D. W. Fahey et al., "Alignment Of Ions In Penning Collisions," Physical Review A, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 1372 - 1375, American Physical Society, Jan 1979.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.20.1372
Department(s)
Physics
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
1050-2947
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
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text
Language(s)
English
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Publication Date
01 Jan 1979
