Ion formation in collisions of Rb(8s) with Rb(5p) and Rb(5s)

Michel Chéret (1) , L Lindinger (2, 1) , Luc Barbier (1, 3) , Robert Deloche (1)

1 Service de physique des atomes et des surfaces
2 Universität Innsbruck [Innsbruck]
3 IRAMIS - Institut Rayonnement Matière de Saclay (DRF)

A mass analysis of ions formed in a Rb cell where 5p and 8s states are created has shown that besides associative ionization [Rb(8s) + Rb(5s)], Penning ionization by collision between these two excited atomic species plays a very important role.

Domaines: Physique Atomique [physics.atom-ph]

Michel Chéret, L Lindinger, Luc Barbier, Robert Deloche. Ion formation in collisions of Rb(8s) with Rb(5p) and Rb(5s). Chemical Physics Letters, 1982, 88 (2), pp.229-232. ⟨10.1016/0009-2614(82)83373-3⟩. ⟨cea-01497520⟩