Observation of Polarized Optical Radiation following Electron Capture into Slow, Highly Ionized Neon
- authored by
- L. J. Lembo, K. Danzmann, Ch Stoller, W. E. Meyerhof, T. W. Hänsch
- Abstract
In charge-transfer collisions of 4-keV Ne8+ recoil ions with Na, we have observed 434-nm photons emitted in the n=9 to 8 transition in Ne7+. We find this radiation to be strongly polarized, with a degree of polarization P=0.320.02. This result is in accord with a recent calculation of Salin indicating that electron capture into slow, highly charged ions preferentially populates the m=0, 1 magnetic substates.
- External Organisation(s)
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Stanford University
- Type
- Article
- Journal
- Physical review letters
- Volume
- 55
- Pages
- 1874-1876
- No. of pages
- 3
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- Publication date
- 28.10.1985
- Publication status
- Published
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy
- Electronic version(s)
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http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0013-5DFB-1 (Access:
Open)
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.55.1874 (Access: Closed)
