Absolute Measurements of Collisional Ionization of Xenon Atoms in Well-Defined High Rydberg States

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12 April 1976

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Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 36 (15) , 854-858
DOI:10.1103/physrevlett.36.854

Abstract

Measurements of the absolute cross sections for

{Xe}^{+}

production in collisions between xenon atoms in a single well-defined high Rydberg state

| n f 〉

and S

F_{6}

are reported and are ∼

10^{- 11}

{cm}^{2}

for

25 <~ n <~ 40

. The data lend support to the hypothesis that these collisions are dominated by the electron-S

F_{6}

interaction, with the

{Xe}^{+}

ion core playing a minor role.

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