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Resonance structure in the Li- photodetachment cross section

Uldis Berzinsh, Gunnar Haeffler, Dag Hanstorp, Andreas E. Klinkmueller, Eva Lindroth, Ulric Ljungblad, David J. Pegg

physics.atom-pharXiv:physics/9703015

Abstract

We report on the first observation of resonance structure in the total cross section for the photodetachment of Li-. The structure arises from the autodetaching decay of doubly excited 1P states of Li- that are bound with respect to the 3p state of the Li atom. Calculations have been performed for both Li- and H- to assist in the identification of these resonances. The lowest lying resonance is a symmetrically excited intrashell resonance. Higher lying asymmetrically excited intershell states are observed which converge on the Li(3p) limit.

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