FORMATION OF HE- IONS IN CHARGE-CHANGING COLLISIONS DURING PASSAGE OF FAST HELIUM BEAMS THROUGH HYDROGEN

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GILBODY, HB
BROWNING, R
DUNN, KF
MCINTOSH, AI
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JOURNAL OF PHYSICS PART B ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS | 1969年 / 2卷 / 04期
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10.1088/0022-3700/2/4/305
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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The role of fast metastable helium atoms in the formation of He- ions by charge-changing collisions during the passage of 100 kev helium beams through hydrogen has been investigated quantitatively. It is shown that He - ions are formed by collisions involving one-electron capture by fast metastable helium atoms while all other possible production mechanisms are found to be relatively insignificant. A lower bound of 5·4 ± 0·4 × 10-18 cm2 is obtained for the cross section for He- formation from He(2 3S) atoms.
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