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Photon and Electron Impact Ionization of Lithium studied with a MOTReMi

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Brühl,  Elisabeth
Daniel Fischer - Emmy Noether Junior Research Group, Junior Research Groups, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Brühl, E. (2013). Photon and Electron Impact Ionization of Lithium studied with a MOTReMi. Master Thesis, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0014-6138-0
Abstract
In the course of this work dynamics in ionization processes of lithium by photon and electron impact were studied. Due to its electronic structure, lithium is an ideal candidate to examine electronic correlation effects and collision dynamics of simple few-body systems. The lithium target is cooled in a magneto-optical trap (MOT) down to the sub-millikelvin regime, which in combination with a reaction microscope (ReMi) allows for the determination of the momentum information of all collision products with unprecedented resolution. An electron gun serving as a new projectile source was implemented in the MOTReMi experiment. From first measurements, which showed that the developed setup is principally operational, time-of-flight and position spectra were analyzed, determining the ratio of Li2+=Li+ ion creation. In a second series of experiments, photoionization of laser-excited lithium has been investigated and fully differential cross sections (FDCS) were examined. As the target and also the laser beam were polarized, orientational effects could be studied. In some cases the electron emission characteristics could directly be deduced from dipole selection rules.