Journal article

Publication year: 2000

Pages: 27-32

Journal: The European Physical Journal D

Volume number: 10

Issue number: 1

ISSN: 1434-6060

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530050523

Publisher: Springer

Abstract: 
Resonant excitation or resonant electron scattering is a two step process in which Auger rates are involved in both steps. First an electron is captured into a bound state and a bound electron is excited (inverse Auger effect). Then an Auger transition leads to the emission of the electron from the ion. The corresponding cross-sections are very sensitive to the Auger rates and allow a detailed study of the Breit interaction which is a current-current contribution to the static electron-electron interaction. The contribution of the Breit interaction to the cross-section of resonant excitation on hydrogen-like uranium ions is discussed and shown that it is roughly twice as large as in the case of dielectronic recombination.

Harvard Citation style: Kollmar, K., Grün, P. and Scheid, W. (2000) Effect of Breit interaction on resonant excitation of highly charged heavy ions, The European Physical Journal D, 10(1), pp. 27-32. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530050523

APA Citation style: Kollmar, K., Grün, P., & Scheid, W. (2000). Effect of Breit interaction on resonant excitation of highly charged heavy ions. The European Physical Journal D. 10(1), 27-32. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530050523