Electron Spectroscopy in Heavy-Ion Storage Rings: Resonant and Non-Resonant Electron Transfer Processes

Abstract

Whereas our understanding of total cross sections for ionization and capture processes in ion-atom collisions is widely viewed as having arrived at a state of adequate maturity, the same cannot be said at all about the dynamics of collisions, multi-electron processes or the electron continua (in target and projectile) which are at the origin of total cross sections. We depict how these processes can be studied favourably in storage ring environments. We present examplesof resonant and non-resonant electron transfer processes, radiative and non-radiative. This is elucidated via the relation of the electron nucleus bremsstrahlung at the high energy tip of the bremsstrahlung spectrum to the radiative electron capture cusp (RECC) and a new approach to determining molecular orbital binding energies in superheavy quasi-molecules in resonant KK charge transfer.

Meeting Name

21st International Conference on Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry (2010: Aug. 8-13, Fort Worth, TX)

Department(s)

Physics

Keywords and Phrases

Electron Spectroscopy; Heavy Ion Storage Rings; Ion-atom Collisions

International Standard Book Number (ISBN)

978-0735408913

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0094-243X

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

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text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2011 American Institute of Physics (AIP), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jun 2011

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