(e,3e) on helium at low impact energy: The strongly correlated three-electron continuum

M. Dürr; A. Dorn; J. Ullrich; S. P. Cao; A. Czasch; A. S. Kheifets; J. R. Götz; J. S. Briggs

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.193201

(e,3e) on helium at low impact energy: The strongly correlated three-electron continuum

M. Dürr^*, A. Dorn, J. Ullrich, S. P. Cao, A. Czasch, A. S. Kheifets, J. R. Götz, J. S. Briggs

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Double ionization of the helium atom by slow electron impact (E0=106eV) is studied in a kinematically complete experiment. Because of a low excess energy Eexc=27eV above the double ionization threshold, a strongly correlated three-electron continuum is realized. This is demonstrated by measuring and calculating the fully differential cross sections for equal energy sharing of the final-state electrons. While the electron emission is dominated by a strong Coulomb repulsion, also signatures of more complex dynamics of the full four-body system are identified.

Original language	English
Article number	193201
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	98
Issue number	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.193201
Publication status	Published - 11 May 2007

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