Journal article

Publication year: 2002

Journal: Physical Review Letters

Volume number: 89

Issue number: 19

ISSN: 0031-9007

eISSN: 1079-7114

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.193002

Publisher: American Physical Society

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.

Harvard Citation style: Schippers, S., Müller, A., Ricz, S., Bannister, M., Dunn, G., Bozek, J., et al. (2002) Experimental Link of Photoionization of S⁢c2+ to Photorecombination of S⁢c3+: An Application of Detailed Balance in a Unique Atomic System, Physical Review Letters, 89(19), Article 193002. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.193002

APA Citation style: Schippers, S., Müller, A., Ricz, S., Bannister, M., Dunn, G., Bozek, J., Schlachter, A., Hinojosa, G., Cisneros, C., Aguilar, A., Covington, A., Gharaibeh, M., & Phaneuf, R. (2002). Experimental Link of Photoionization of S⁢c2+ to Photorecombination of S⁢c3+: An Application of Detailed Balance in a Unique Atomic System. Physical Review Letters. 89(19), Article 193002. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.193002