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Jabez J. McClelland, S Buckman, Michael H. Kelley, Robert Celotta
Measurements of the asymmetry in the scattering of unpolarised electrons from optically pumped spin-polarised sodium atoms have been carries out at incident electron energies of 20, 54.4, and 70 eV and for a range of scattering angles between 20° and 140°
Jabez J. McClelland, Michael H. Kelley, Robert Celotta
Superelastic scattering of spin-polarized electrons from laser-excited sodium atoms has been measured at incident energies of 2.0, 17.9, and 52.3 eV over the angular range 10°-120°. Circularly polarized excitation of the sodium atoms was used to produce
Calculations of the exchange asymmetry in elastic scattering of electrons by sodium atoms are reported at incident electron energies of 10 and 54.4 eV. The close-coupling calculations are performed with the four lowest target states of the sodium atom. At
Jabez J. McClelland, Michael H. Kelley, Robert Celotta
Measurements of superelastic scattering of 2eV electrons from oriented Na(3P) atoms have been carried out over the angular range 10 to 120°. Results are presented in terms of L perp}, the angular momentum transferred perpendicular to the scattering plane
Jabez J. McClelland, Michael H. Kelley, Robert Celotta
We report the first measurements of elastic scattering of spin-polarized electrons from spin-polarized Na atoms as a function of scattering angle. The incident energy is 54.4 eV, and the angular range is 20° - 135°. Data are presented as an exchange
A general framework using density matrices is developed for the analysis of atomic excitation by spin-polarized electrons. This framework is applied to the specific case of the 3S 1/2rarr} 3P 3/2 transition in Na, as studied by the time-reversed
Calculations and measurements are presented of the increase in F-bar=1 ground-state population as a function of incident laser intensity in optically pumped sodium. The calculations involve numerical integration of a multilevel version of the optical Bloch
Jabez J. McClelland, Michael H. Kelley, Robert Celotta
Measurements are presented of spin asymmetries for superelastic scattering of 10-eV spin-polarized electrons from the excited Na(3P 3/2) state created by linearly polarized laser optical pumping. Asymmetries as large as 16% are observed in scattering from
Michael H. Kelley, W Rogers, Robert Celotta, S Mielczarek
The spin dependence of the electron-impact ionization of Na has been measured up to 2 eV above threshold with high precision to search for the existence of characteristic oscillations which would support the Coulomb-dipole theory of threshold ionization