Coherence and Correlation in Atomic Collisions

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Theory of (e, 2e) Experiments....Pages 1-11
Impulsive (e, 2e) Experiments: A Tool to Test Different Ionization Theories and Electronic Structure of Atoms and Molecules....Pages 13-40
Low-Energy Electron Impact Ionization with Completely Determined Kinematics....Pages 41-58
Coincidence Investigations of Electron-Hydrogen Collisions....Pages 59-66
Correlation in Multiple Escape near Threshold....Pages 67-77
Interference Effects in the Multiphoton Ionization of Atoms....Pages 79-84
Correlation in Electron-Atom Excitation....Pages 85-96
Angular Correlation Parameters for Excitation of the 2 1 P State of Helium and the 2p State of Atomic Hydrogen....Pages 97-108
New Aspects in Electron-Photon Coincidence Experiments....Pages 109-120
The Possibility of a Complete Determination of Scattering Amplitudes for S → D Excitation by Electron-Photon Coincidence Measurements....Pages 121-132
Threshold and Pseudothreshold Excitation of Molecules by Electron Impact....Pages 133-144
Polarization Correlation Measurements in Ar and H 2 ....Pages 145-166
Effect of Optical Potentials on Angular Correlation Parameters....Pages 167-178
The Calculation of Orientation and Alignment Parameters for the Electron Impact Excitation of the 3 1 P State of He in the First-Order Many-Body Theory....Pages 179-186
Electron-Photon Correlations in Bremsstrahlung Processes....Pages 187-203
Angular Distribution and Polarization of x-Ray Radiation by Electron Impact on Free Atoms....Pages 205-214
Energy Dependence of the Alignment in Inner-Shell Ionization by Electron Impact....Pages 215-222
Identification of States Excited by Collision: Current State of Theory....Pages 223-228
Angular Correlation between Autoionization Electron and Scattered Ion in Slow He + -He Collisions....Pages 229-242
Coherence Effects in Postcollision Interactions in Electron Impact Experiments....Pages 243-255
Collision-Stimulated Autoionization....Pages 257-268
Electronic Correlation in Electron-Atom Scattering....Pages 269-275
Observation of the Postcollision Interaction in the Scattered-Electron Spectra of Helium....Pages 277-281
Excitation of Autoionizing States in Noble Gases by Fast Electrons....Pages 283-295
The Postcollision Interaction as a Manifestation of Many-Electron Correlations....Pages 297-313
Coincidence Studies of Inner-Shell Excitation in Ion-Atom Collisions....Pages 315-330
Coherent Production of Positrons in Heavy-Ion Collisions....Pages 331-359
Alignment of Core-Excited Autoionizing Be + Projectiles Excited in Single Gas Collisions....Pages 361-367
Interference Effects in K-Shell Vacancy Sharing....Pages 369-371
Coherent Excitation of Ionic States by Correlated Collisions in a Crystal Lattice....Pages 373-386
Alignment, Orientation, and the Beam-Foil Interaction....Pages 387-393
Polarized-Photon, Scattered-Ion Coincidence Study of Mg + Collisions with He, Ne, and Ar....Pages 395-402
Coherence Effects in Heavy-Ion-Atom Collisions....Pages 403-411
Excitation of Cd(5 3 P 1 ) and Cd(5 1 P 1 ) in Na + -Cd Collisions: Optical Polarization and Population of Magnetic Sublevels....Pages 413-421
Spin Polarization in Ion-Atom Collisions Studied with Ion Storage Techniques....Pages 423-435
Scattering Experiments with Laser-Excited Atoms....Pages 437-446
Orbital Angular Momentum State Coherence in Charge Transfer to the n = 2 Hydrogen Levels by Fast Protons in Gases....Pages 447-455
Photon-Scattered Atom Coincidence Study with Vector Polarization Analysis for K-Noble-Gas Collisions....Pages 457-472
Alignment and Orientation Measurements in He + -He and He + -H 2 Collisions....Pages 473-478
Simultaneous Electron-Photon Excitation of Atoms....Pages 479-492
Energy and Angular Momentum Exchanges between Two Electrons in a Coulomb Field....Pages 493-508
Oscillatory Structure of Excitation Functions in Atomic Collisions....Pages 509-531
Quantum Mechanical Phase Coherence and Polarization in Low-Energy Ion-Atom and Ion-Surface Collisions....Pages 533-565
Polarized Electron-Lithium Scattering....Pages 567-575
Polarization Effects Caused by Interference in Electron Scattering and Photoionization....Pages 577-586
Spin Polarization of Electrons by Resonance Scattering from Mercury....Pages 587-592
Spin-Dependent Inelastic Electron-Atom Scattering....Pages 593-606
Spin-Polarized Photoelectrons from Unpolarized Lead Atoms Exposed to Unpolarized Radiation....Pages 607-612
Total Cross Sections for the Scattering of Low-Energy Electrons by Excited Sodium Atoms....Pages 613-623
Orientation and Alignment in Scattering Processes from Laser-Excited Atoms....Pages 625-640
Photon Polarization Dependence of Superelastic Electron Scattering by Laser-Excited Barium....Pages 641-649
The Effect of the Angular Coherence of Each Beam, in a Crossed Beam Experiment, on Observations of the Small-Angle Elastic Scattering....Pages 651-662
Polarized-Beams Studies of Spin Exchange in Electron-Hydrogen Collisions....Pages 663-687
Ionization of Polarized Alkali Atoms by Polarized Electrons....Pages 689-696
Total Cross Section of Interference between Direct and Exchange Interaction in Polarized Electron Impact Excitation of Polarized Atoms....Pages 697-700
Back Matter....Pages 701-706