Orientation of hydrogen 2p after tilted-foil excitation

Authors

C. J. Liu, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Timothy J. Gay, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
K. P. Schuler, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Date of this Version

June 1989

Comments

Published in Phys. Rev. A 39, 5560 - 5564 (1989) [Issue 11 – June 1989]. ©1989 The American Physical Society. Used by permission.

Abstract

The circular polarization of Lyman-α photons resulting from beam-tilted-foil excited H(2p) was measured at energies between 9 and 20 keV with foil tilt angles up to 60°. Various interaction models are used to fit the data, and their physical significance is discussed.