Experimental link of photoionization of Sc2+ to photorecombination of Sc3+: an application of detailed balance in a unique atomic system.
The principle of microscopic time reversal of physical processes, detailed balance, is widely used and depended upon in the theoretical community as a connection between photorecombination (PR) and photoionization (PI). This paper reports on a novel use of detailed balance and the comparison of experimental results obtained by two very distinct techniques to determine both the metastable fraction of an ion beam and partial Sc3+ PR cross sections and partial Sc2+ PI cross sections for the ground state and for two metastable states. The Sc2+ to Sc3+ system presents a unique opportunity to obtain comprehensive state-selective information by combining results from PR and PI experiments.
Schippers
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Institut für Kernphysik, Justus-Liebig-Universität, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
Müller
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Ricz
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Bannister
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Dunn
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Bozek
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Schlachter
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Hinojosa
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Cisneros
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Aguilar
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Covington
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Gharaibeh
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Phaneuf
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