title: Experimental link of photoionization of Sc2+ to photorecombination of Sc3+: an application of detailed balance in a unique atomic system.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Kernphysik, Justus-Liebig-Universität, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
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authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schippers
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ricz
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Bannister
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bozek
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authors.lastname: Schlachter
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authors.lastname: Hinojosa
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authors.lastname: Cisneros
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authors.lastname: Aguilar
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authors.lastname: Covington
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authors.lastname: Gharaibeh
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authors.lastname: Phaneuf