Unexpected effects in spin-polarized electron-impact excitation of the (3d^{10}4s5s)^{3}S_{1} state in zinc

Author(s): L. Pravica, J. F. Williams, D. Cvejanovi?, S. Samarin, K. Bartschat, O. Zatsarinny, A. D. Stauffer, and R. Srivastava
Observations of the (3d^{10}4s^{2})^{1}S_{0}?(3d^{10}4s5s)^{3}S_{1} excitation process in zinc, with incident spin-polarized electrons, show significant deviations from expectations for a pure electron exchange transition. This result, derived from values of up to 10% of the Stokes parameter P_{2} (…

[Phys. Rev. A 83, 040701] Published Fri Apr 08, 2011

Source: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.83.040701

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