One- and two-K-shell vacancy production in atomic Li by 95-MeV/u Ar18+ projectiles

• Published in: Physical review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics Atomic, molecular, and optical physics, 2000-09, Vol.62 (3)
• Main Authors: Tanis, J. A., Chesnel, Jean-Yves, Frémont, F., Hennecart, D., Husson, X., Lecler, D., Cassimi, A., Grandin, J. P., Rangama, Jimmy, Skogvall, B., Sulik, B., Bremer, J.-H., Stolterfoht, N.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Atomic Physics; Physics; Quantum Physics
• ISSN: 1050-2947; 1094-1622
• DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.62.032715

Singly and doubly K-shell-vacant states in atomic Li, produced by 95-MeV/u Ar18+ projectiles, have been investigated. At this high velocity, excitation and ionization are expected to be well described by perturbation theories. High-resolution spectra for Auger electron emission, occurring in the energy range ∼50–90 eV and resulting from the deexcitation of singly or doubly excited states, were measured for various electron emission angles. Both single-K-shell excitation and double-K-shell vacancy production show strong dependences on the electron emission angle. Experimental anisotropy parameters for the 2P states resulting from single-K-shell excitation are in good agreement with predictions of the Born approximation. In the case of double-K-shell-vacancy (i.e., hollow atom) production, the two K vacancies are found to come about mainly by ionization plus excitation of the atomic Li target giving rise to excited states in Li+. Strong line intensities from the 2s2 1S and 2s3s 3S excited-state configurations are explained in terms of shake processes, providing direct spectral identification for the electron-electron (e-e) interaction in producing the doubly vacant K-shell configurations. Production of the 2s3s3S state, which has an intensity greater than that of the 2s2 1S state, is attributed to a three-electron transition involving two shake transitions. Production of the 2s2p 3P state has a large contribution from the dielectronic manifestation of the e-e interaction resulting from slow electron emission.