High Resolution Auger Projectile Electron Spectroscopy of Li-like Ions Produced by Electron Capture in Collisions of He-like Ions with Gaseous Targets

Authors

  • A. Dimitriou Department of Physics, University of Crete, P.O. Box 2208, Heraklion GR-71003, Greece; Tandem Laboratory, INPP, NCSR Demokritos, Aghia Paraskevi GR-15310
  • A. Laoutaris Tandem Laboratory, INPP, NCSR Demokritos, Aghia Paraskevi GR-15310, Greece; Department of Physics, SAMPS, National Technical University of Athens, Zografou, GR-15701
  • I. Madesis Department of Physics, University of Crete, P.O. Box 2208, Heraklion GR-71003, Greece; Tandem Laboratory, INPP, NCSR Demokritos, Aghia Paraskevi GR-15310
  • S. Doukas Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, GR-45110 Ioannina
  • E. P. Benis Department of Physics, University of Ioannina, P.O. Box 1186, Ioannina GR-45110
  • B. Sulik Institute for Nuclear Research, MTA ATOMKI, Bem tér 18/c, Debrecen H-4026
  • O. Sise Department of Science and Education, Faculty of Education, Suleyman Demirel University, 32260 Isparta
  • A. Lagoyannis Tandem Laboratory, INPP, NCSR Demokritos, Aghia Paraskevi GR-15310
  • M. Axiotis Tandem Laboratory, INPP, NCSR Demokritos, Aghia Paraskevi GR-15310
  • T. J.M. Zouros Department of Physics, University of Crete, P.O. Box 2208, Heraklion GR-71003, Greece; 2Tandem Laboratory, INPP, NCSR Demokritos, Aghia Paraskevi GR-15310

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26713/jamcnp.v3i2.523

Keywords:

Electron capture, Ion-atom collisions, Zero-degree Auger projectile spectroscopy, Threeelectron spin statistics, K-Auger spectra

Abstract

We have recently build a new experimental station with a beam line dedicated to atomic collision physics at the 5 MV TANDEM accelerator of the Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics at the National Research Center "Demokritos” in Athens, Greece. A complete zero-degree Auger projectile spectroscopy apparatus composed of a single stage hemispherical spectrograph and a 2-dimensional position sensitive detector combined with a doubly differentially pumped gas target has been set up for high resolution studies of electrons emitted from projectile ions excited in collisions with target atoms. With the new setup we have started a systematic isoelectronic investigation of K-Auger spectra emitted from pre-excited ions in collisions with gas targets using novel techniques. Here, we present some of our first new results involving collisions of carbon He-like ions with target gases. These results are expected to lead to a deeper understanding of the neglected importance of cascade feeding of metastable states in collisions of ions with gas targets and further elucidate their role in the non-statistical production of excited three-electron states by electron capture, recently a field of conflicting interpretations awaiting further resolution.

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2016-10-15
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Dimitriou, A., Laoutaris, A., Madesis, I., Doukas, S., Benis, E. P., Sulik, B., Sise, O., Lagoyannis, A., Axiotis, M., & Zouros, T. J. (2016). High Resolution Auger Projectile Electron Spectroscopy of Li-like Ions Produced by Electron Capture in Collisions of He-like Ions with Gaseous Targets. Journal of Atomic, Molecular, Condensed Matter and Nano Physics, 3(2), 121–131. https://doi.org/10.26713/jamcnp.v3i2.523

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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2016)

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Research Article

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