Abstract
The classical trajectory Monte Carlo method has been used to calculate the final product principal quantum state n f-distributions in electron capture collisions involving a proton incident on a Rydberg hydrogen atom in an ni = 25 state. The generalized eccentricity, defined by orienting the classical eccentricity of the electron's orbit relative to the incident ion, was varied to show how the final state n f-levels depended on this quantity over the range of reduced collision speeds v* = vp/ve = 1.0-2.4. Plots of the final product n f-distributions at low reduced velocities show a resonance peak near n f = 25 at all generalized eccentricities. At speeds of v* = 1.8-2.2, two peaks arise in the final product n f-distributions from collisions with circular targets. In these cases, one peak is centred on the resonance point of n f = 25, while the second peak migrates through higher n f-levels as v* increases and is believed to possibly be a new collision mechanism. This high n f-level peak reaches a maximum around v* = 2.2 before disappearing completely from the final product n f-distributions by v* = 2.4, leaving only the resonant peak near n f = 25.
Recommended Citation
K. R. Cornelius and R. E. Olson, "Impact Parameter Related Final N-level Splitting Observed in Aligned Ion-Rydberg Collisions," Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 489 - 500, IOP Publishing, Jan 1999.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/32/2/027
Department(s)
Physics
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0953-4075
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Article - Journal
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English
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Publication Date
28 Jan 1999
