New light on the Kr⁻(4p⁵5s²) Feshbach resonances: high-resolution electron scattering experiments and B-spline R-matrix calculations
- Hoffmann, T. H. Fachbereich Physik, Technische Universität KL, Kaiserslautern, Germany - Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Ruf, M.-W. Fachbereich Physik, Technische Universität KL, Kaiserslautern, Germany
- Hotop, Hartmut Fachbereich Physik, Technische Universität KL, Kaiserslautern, Germany
- Zatsarinny, O. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Drake University, Des Moines, USA
- Bartschat, K. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Drake University, Des Moines, USA
- Allan, Michael Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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05.04.2010
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- Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. - 2010, vol. 43, no. 8, p. 085206
English
In a joint experimental and theoretical effort, we carried out a detailed study of electron scattering from Kr atoms in the energy range of the low-lying Kr⁻($4p^5 5s^2$) Feshbach resonances. Absolute angle-differential cross sections for elastic electron scattering were measured over the energy range 9.3–10.3 eV with an energy width of about 13 meV at scattering angles between 10° and 180°. Using several sets of elastic scattering phase shifts, a detailed analysis of the sharp Kr⁻($4p^5 5s^2 ^2$ $P_{3/2}$) resonance was carried out, resulting in a resonance width of Γ3/2 = 3.6(2) meV. By direct comparison with the position of the Ar⁻($3p^5 4s^2 ^2P_{3/2}$) resonance, the energy for the Kr⁻($4p^5 5s^2 ^2P_{3/2}$) resonance was determined as E3/2 = 9.489(3) eV. A Fano-type fit of the higher lying Kr⁻($4p^5 5s^2 ^2P_{1/2}$) resonance yielded the resonance parameters Γ1/2 = 33(5) meV and E1/2 = 10.126(4) eV. In order to obtain additional insights, B-spline R-matrix calculations were performed for both the elastic and the inelastic cross sections above the threshold for $4p^5$ ,5s excitation. They provide the total and angle-differential cross sections for excitation of long-lived and short-lived levels of the $4p^5$, 5s configuration in Kr and branching ratios for the decay of the Kr⁻($4p^5 5s^2 ^2P_{1/2}$) resonance into the three available exit channels. The results are compared with selected experimental data.
- Faculty
- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
- Department
- Département de Chimie
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- English
- Classification
- Physics
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- RERO DOC 18128
- DOI 10.1088/0953-4075/43/8/085206
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/301507
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