New Data on Autoionizing States of Ne Induced by Low-Energy Electrons from 45 to 64 eV
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experiment
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. The 2s2p63s(3,1S) and 2s2p63p(3,1P) States
3.2. The Post-Collision Interaction (PCI)
3.3. The First Doubly Excited 2s22p43s2(3P) State
3.4. The Doubly Excited 3s3p Region
3.5. The Ejected Electron Energy Region from 3 to 21 eV
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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This Work | Reference | Exc. En. (eV) * | Assignment |
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KE (eV) | |||
22.04 | This work, Ee = 50 eV | 43.60 * | 2s2p63s(3S) |
[14,19,20,26] | (43.60 *, 43.59 *, 43.59 *, 43.41 *) | ||
22.14 | This work, Ee = 50 eV | 43.70 * | 2s2p63s(1S) |
[14,15,17,19,20] | (43.70 *, 43.64 *, 43.67 *, 43.67 *, 43.67 *) | ||
23.80 | This work, Ee = 50 eV | 45.46 * | 2s2p63p(3P) |
23.90 | [14,15,17,19,26] | (45.46 *, 45.45 *, 45.45 *, 45.46 *, 45.44 *) | |
23.90 | This work, Ee = 50 eV | 45.56 * | 2s2p63p(1P) |
24.00 | [14,15,17,19,25] | (45.56 *, 45.55 *, 45.54 *, 45.55 *, 45.546 *) |
This Work | Reference | Exc. En. (eV) * | Assignment | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Label | KE (eV) | |||
20.42 | This work, | 41.98 * | 2s22p4(3P)3s2(3P) | |
[18,30,31] | (41.87 *, 42.10 *, 42.04 *) | |||
(A) | 22.84 | This work, | 44.50 * | |
(B) | 22.94 | [17], (b) | 44.48 * | 2p4(3P)3s(4P)3p(3D0) or (3P0) |
[31], E | 44.43 * | |||
(C) | 23.08 | This work | 44.64 * | |
(D) | 23.32 | This work, | 44.99 * | |
(E) | 23.44 | [17,25], (c) | (44.97 *, 44.98 *) | 2p4(3P)3s(2P)3p(1P0) |
[31,33], F | (45.00 *, 44.981 *) | 2p4(3P)[3s3p(3P)](1P) | ||
(F) | 23.58 | This work, | 45.14 * | 2p4(1D)3s2(1D) or |
[15,17], (d) | 45.12 * | 2p4(3P)3s(2P)3p(3P0) |
This Work | Reference | Exc. En. (eV) * | Assignment | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Label | KE (eV) | |||
(a) | 3.66 | This work, | 66.19 * | |
[36], Line 49 | 65.99 * | 2p4(1S)4d(2D) | ||
(b) | 4.08 | This work, | 66.61 * | |
[36], Line 50 | 66.64 * | 2p4(1S)5p(2P0) | ||
(c) | 4.32 | This work, | 66.85 * | |
[36], Line 51 | 66.78 * | (Tail of previous) | ||
(d) | 4.68 | This work, | 67.21 * | |
[36], Line 52 | 67.26 * | 2p4(1S)6s(2S) | ||
(e) | 4.84 | This work | 67.37 * | |
(f) | 5.04 | This work, | 67.53 * | |
[36], Line 53 | 67.61 * | 2p4(1S)6p(2P0) | ||
(g) | 5.58 | This work, | 68.11 * | |
[36], Line 55 | 68.16 * | 2p4(1S)7d(2D) | ||
(h) | 5.78 | This work, | 68.31 * | |
[36], Line 56 | 68.36 * | 2p4(1S)8s(2S) | ||
(i) | 6.10 | This work | 68.63 * | |
(j) | 6.94 | This work | 69.47 * | |
(k) | 7.70 | This work, | 70.23 * | |
[36], Line 59 | 70.27 * | |||
(l) | 8.30 | This work | 70.83 * | |
(m) | 9.08 | This work | 71.61 * | |
(n) | 9.32 | This work, | 75.06 * | |
[36], Line 60 | 74.99 * | 2s12p5(3P)3s(2P) | ||
[37] | 75.11 * | |||
(o) | 9.58 | This work | 75.32 * | |
(p) | 10.22 | This work | 75.96 * | |
(q) | 11.13 | This work, | 76.87 * | |
[34] | 76.85 * | 2s2p5(1P1) | ||
(r) | 13.24 | This work, | 78.98 * | |
[14], (B) | 78.97 * | 2s12p5(3P)3p(2S) | ||
[36], Line 62 | 78.97 * | |||
[37] | 78.90 * | |||
(s) | 13.94 | This work | 83.37 * | |
[36], Line 65 | 83.42 * | 2s12p5(3P)4p(2S) | ||
[37] | 83.34 * | |||
(t) | 14.25 | This work | 83.68 * | |
(u) | 14.65 | This work | 84.08 * |
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Jureta, J.J.; Marinković, B.P.; Avaldi, L. New Data on Autoionizing States of Ne Induced by Low-Energy Electrons from 45 to 64 eV. Atoms 2024, 12, 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms12020006
Jureta JJ, Marinković BP, Avaldi L. New Data on Autoionizing States of Ne Induced by Low-Energy Electrons from 45 to 64 eV. Atoms. 2024; 12(2):6. https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms12020006
Chicago/Turabian StyleJureta, Jozo J., Bratislav P. Marinković, and Lorenzo Avaldi. 2024. "New Data on Autoionizing States of Ne Induced by Low-Energy Electrons from 45 to 64 eV" Atoms 12, no. 2: 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms12020006