The angular distribution and polarization of the x-ray photoemission of highly charged helium-like ions is studied following the K-LL dielectronic recombination of initially hydrogen-like ions.Calculation is carried o...The angular distribution and polarization of the x-ray photoemission of highly charged helium-like ions is studied following the K-LL dielectronic recombination of initially hydrogen-like ions.Calculation is carried out within the framework of the density matrix theory combined with the multiconfiguration Dirac-Fock approach.Attention is paid to magnetic sublevel alignment in the resonant intermediate state and to its nonuniform radiative decay processes.It is shown that the Breit interaction between the incident and target electrons plays a significant role for the alignment of the resonant state and thus causes a substantial change in the x-ray emission characteristic,when compared to the incorporation of only the(non-relativistic)Coulomb interaction.The most prominent difference in alignment parameter is found in the 2s2p_(1/2) J=1 resonant state for a wide range of atomic numbers from 9 to 92.For this resonant state of helium-like ions,the Breit interaction becomes significant for ions with nuclear charge Z~30 already.展开更多
Detailed calculations are carried out for the electron-impact excitation cross sections from the ground state to the individual magnetic sublevels of the 1s2s^(2)2p^(3)/2 J=2 excited state of highly-charged beryllium-...Detailed calculations are carried out for the electron-impact excitation cross sections from the ground state to the individual magnetic sublevels of the 1s2s^(2)2p^(3)/2 J=2 excited state of highly-charged beryllium-like ions by using a fully relativistic distorted-wave(RDW)method.The contributions of the Breit interaction to the linear polarization of the 1s2s^(2)2p^(3)/2 J=2→1s22s2 J=0 magnetic quadrupole(M2)line are investigated systematically for the beryllium isoelectronic sequence with 42≤Z≤92.It is found that the Breit interaction depolarizes significantly the linear polarization of the M2 fluorescence radiation and that these depolarization effects increase as the incident electron energy and/or the atomic number is enlarged.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 11274254,91126007,10964010,11264033,and 11147018.
文摘The angular distribution and polarization of the x-ray photoemission of highly charged helium-like ions is studied following the K-LL dielectronic recombination of initially hydrogen-like ions.Calculation is carried out within the framework of the density matrix theory combined with the multiconfiguration Dirac-Fock approach.Attention is paid to magnetic sublevel alignment in the resonant intermediate state and to its nonuniform radiative decay processes.It is shown that the Breit interaction between the incident and target electrons plays a significant role for the alignment of the resonant state and thus causes a substantial change in the x-ray emission characteristic,when compared to the incorporation of only the(non-relativistic)Coulomb interaction.The most prominent difference in alignment parameter is found in the 2s2p_(1/2) J=1 resonant state for a wide range of atomic numbers from 9 to 92.For this resonant state of helium-like ions,the Breit interaction becomes significant for ions with nuclear charge Z~30 already.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 11274254,91126007 and 11264033.
文摘Detailed calculations are carried out for the electron-impact excitation cross sections from the ground state to the individual magnetic sublevels of the 1s2s^(2)2p^(3)/2 J=2 excited state of highly-charged beryllium-like ions by using a fully relativistic distorted-wave(RDW)method.The contributions of the Breit interaction to the linear polarization of the 1s2s^(2)2p^(3)/2 J=2→1s22s2 J=0 magnetic quadrupole(M2)line are investigated systematically for the beryllium isoelectronic sequence with 42≤Z≤92.It is found that the Breit interaction depolarizes significantly the linear polarization of the M2 fluorescence radiation and that these depolarization effects increase as the incident electron energy and/or the atomic number is enlarged.
