Electron Excitation Functions of Mercury
- 5 May 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 157 (1), 31-40
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.157.31
Abstract
Absolute excitation functions of some 40 transitions of the mercury atom have been measured. As in the case of helium, the excitation functions of the singlet states have the common feature of a broad maximum around 30 eV, whereas the triplet states show the characteristic sharp peaks at lower voltages. The excitation functions of the lower states exhibit fine structure near the threshold, which may be attributed to cascade from the states of higher energies. The cascading effect has been examined for the excitation of the , , , , and states. At 15 eV the cascade corrections are small for , , and , but amount to approximately 42% for . The major source of population of the state is found to be cascade transitions from the state rather than direct excitation. Direct-excitation cross sections of the , , , and states at 15 eV have been determined and the results are compared with the theoretical calculations.
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