Complete determination of excitation amplitudes and phases for the 31D state of helium

A. G. Mikosza; J. F. Williams; J. B. Wang

Complete determination of excitation amplitudes and phases for the 3¹D state of helium

A. G. Mikosza^*, J. F. Williams, J. B. Wang

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Abstract

Observations of triple coincidence polarization correlations of the sequential cascading photons (667.8 nm 3¹D → 2¹P and 58.4 nm 2¹P → ¹S transitions) and the scattered electrons from electron impact excitation of the 3¹D state of helium have determined the amplitudes and relative phases of the magnetic substates. The ambiguity of electron-photon coincidence measurements, which determine only the cosine of the sum of the phases between the m = ±2 amplitudes, is resolved. The measured amplitudes and phases at 60 eV incident energy and 40° scattering angle confirm the convergent close coupling values.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3375-3378
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	79
Issue number	18
Publication status	Published - 3 Nov 1997
Externally published	Yes

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