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Electron-Cadmium Ionization for Energies near Overlapping Autoionizing Resonances
Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
  • M. M. Tabanli
  • Jerry Peacher, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Don H. Madison, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

The effect of autoionizing resonances on ionization has been studied since the historic work of Fano. In the autoionization problem, it is not possible to distinguish electrons, that have been directly ejected from the atom, from those that were first excited to an autoionizing resonance level because of the extremely short lifetime. As a result, these two processes will interfere. Furthermore if the energy difference between the resonances is not larger than the width of the resonances, the resonances will also interfere with each other. In this paper, we examine electron-impact ionization $(e,2e)$ for cadmium in the energy range where the autoionizing resonances overlap and interfere. First-order distorted-wave results will be compared with recent measurements and previous calculations.

Department(s)
Physics
Keywords and Phrases
  • Cadmium,
  • Differential equations,
  • Electron energy levels,
  • Electron resonance,
  • Impact ionization,
  • Matrix algebra,
  • Photoionization,
  • Autoionizing resonances,
  • Atomic physics
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2002 American Physical Society (APS), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
4-1-2002
Publication Date
01 Apr 2002
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Citation Information
M. M. Tabanli, Jerry Peacher and Don H. Madison. "Electron-Cadmium Ionization for Energies near Overlapping Autoionizing Resonances" Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Vol. 65 (2002) ISSN: 1050-2947
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/don-madison/111/