Using Nuclear Resonance Excitation to Observe United Atoms in Symmetric Ion-Atom Collisions

Authors

• James M. Feagin, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Ladislov Kocbach, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

4-1983

Comments

Published in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. NS-30, No. 2, April 1983. Copyright © 1983 IEEE. Used by permission.

Abstract

We consider nuclear resonance excitation as a means to observe the distribution of united-atom orbitals in symmetric ion-atom collisions. We develop this possibility with the application of a two-state adiabatic model to an analysis of a ⁸Be nuclear resonance experiment. To test our model, and to provide a more direct determination of the nuclear resonance width, we propose that the ⁸Be experiment be repeated with metastable helium targets.