2003 article
Excitation of triply excited Be+ (2lnl ' n ' l '') states in 300 and 500 keV-Be++CH4 collisions
Bruch, R., Merabet, H., & Chung, K. T. (2003, May). NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS, Vol. 205, pp. 488–493.
author keywords: triply excited states; BeII**; BeIII; Auger electron level; decay channel
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We have studied high resolution beryllium Auger electron spectra in the 120–160 eV projectile electron energy range following intermediate energies (1.2 and 1.5 a.u. impact velocities) in Be+ + CH4 ion–molecule single collisions [Comments At. Mol. Phys. D 14 (1984) 117]. The major focus of this study is the double K-shell excitation of the Be+ projectile forming triply excited BeII*** states (hollow atoms) and BeIII** K shell ionization plus excitation of BeII doubly excited states with two inner shell vacancies. In such intermediate velocity ion-molecular collisions, the CH4 target plays an important role in the enhancement of the population of BeII*** triply excited states when compared to a more tightly bound He (1s2) 1S ground state target. Due to the pioneering theoretical work of Gou and Chung [Phys. Rev. A 29 (1996) 6103] most line structures can now be unambiguously identified. The main triply excited states are associated with the 2s22p, 2s2p2 and 2p3 and 2l2l′n′l″ (n=3 and 4) configurations decaying to different final BeIII (1snl) ionic states. The line identification method used here is based on Auger energy levels, decay channels and branching ratios.