Environment assisted electron capture
Electrons scattering off isolated atoms or positive atomic ions may be captured in the non-resonant photorecombination or resonant dielectronic recombination processes with the excess energy carried off by a photon. We demonstrate that in a medium a new interatomic process becomes important, where i...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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Journal of physics. Conference Series
Year: 2012, Volume: 388, Issue: 6 |
| ISSN: | 1742-6596 |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1742-6596/388/6/062031 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/388/6/062031 Verlag, Volltext: http://stacks.iop.org/1742-6596/388/i=6/a=062031 
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| Author Notes: | Kirill Gokhberg and Lorenz S. Cederbaum |
| Summary: | Electrons scattering off isolated atoms or positive atomic ions may be captured in the non-resonant photorecombination or resonant dielectronic recombination processes with the excess energy carried off by a photon. We demonstrate that in a medium a new interatomic process becomes important, where in the electron capture by an atom or atomic ion the energy is transferred to a neigbouring species ionising it. We discuss different manifestations of this interatomic Coulombic electron capture and estimate its efficiency for a number of realistic systems. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 06.12.2018 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1742-6596 |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1742-6596/388/6/062031 |