Coherence in collisionally induced electron emission from diatomic heteronuclear molecules

C.A.TACHINO, M.E.GALASSI, F.MARTÍN Y R.D.RIVAROLA

JOURNAL OF PHYSICS B-ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS

Institute of Physics Publishing

Lugar: Bristol (Inglaterra) ; Año: 2009 vol. 42 p. 752031 - 752038

0953-4075

Electron emission from diatomic heteronuclear targets by bare ion impact is analysed. Interference patterns are shown to appear in electron angular distributions, which are explained in terms of coherent emission from the neighbourhood of the atomic centres composing the target. The relationship between electron ionization by ion and circularly polarized photon impact is investigated.