Coupled channel analysis of inner-shell vacancy formation in superheavy quasimolecules

We calculate the ionization probability of the quasimolecular 1 sσ-state in collisions of very heavy ions with (Z1+Z2) α≳1. Multistep excitation processes between bound and continuum states are investigated. Due to the multistep processes the number of created 1 sσ-vacancies is typically increased by a factor 2-5 over that obtained within time-dependent perturbation theory (i.e. the one-step processes). Some implications of the many-electron problem and the Pauli principle are discussed. The δ-electron distribution is compared with recent experimental data. © 1980 Springer-Verlag.

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Author Berndt Mueller Physics