Importance of Thomas single-electron transfer in fast p-He collisions

作者:Fischer D*; Gudmundsson M; Berenyi Z; Haag N; Johansson H A B; Misra D; Reinhed P; Kallberg A; Simonsson A; Stochkel K; Cederquist H; Schmidt H T
来源:Physical Review A, 2010, 81(1): 012714.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.81.012714

摘要

We report experimental angular differential cross sections for nonradiative single-electron capture in p-He collisions (p + He -> H + He(+)) with a separate peak at the 0.47 mrad Thomas scattering angle for energies in the 1.3-12.5 MeV range. We find that the intensity of this peak scales with the projectile velocity as v(P)(-11). This constitutes the first experimental test of the prediction from 1927 by L. H. Thomas [Proc. R. Soc. 114, 561 (1927)]. At our highest energy, the peak at the Thomas angle contributes with 13.5% to the total integrated nonradiative single-electron capture cross section.

  • 出版日期2010-1