Recoil Distributions in Particle Transfer

Authors

James H. McGuire, Kansas State UniversityFollow
Jack C. Straton, Portland State UniversityFollow
W. J. Axmann, Kansas State University
T. Ishihara, University of TsukubaFollow
E. Horsdal, University of Aarhus,

Sponsor

This work was supported by the Division of Chemical Sciences, Office of Energy Research, U.S. Department of Energy.

Published In

Physical Review A

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-1989

Subjects

Charge transfer, Scattering (Physics), Collisions (Physics), Particles (Nuclear physics), Ion-ion collisions

Abstract

Classical Thomas peaks in various fast second-order particle transfer processes are quantum mechanically broadened by energy nonconservation in the intermediate states of collision. This quantum broadening is considered in observable velocity distributions of recoil particles.

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DOI

10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.2933

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/11004

Citation Details

McGuire, J.H., J.C. Straton, W.J. Axmann, T. Ishihara, and E. Horsdal, "Recoil distributions in particle transfer." Physical review letters 62 (1989): 2933-2936.