Laser Enhanced Electron - Ion Capture and Anti-hydrogen Formation
May, 1983
23 pages
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- Z.Phys.A 313 (1983) 253-262
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- CERN-EP-83-66
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The electron-ion capture rate for low electron energies is calculated for various electron velocity distributions. Capture rates for electron-ion recombination stimulated by irradiation with light are evaluated. The results are applied to electron cooling and to positron-antiproton recombination to form antihydrogen. It is shown that laser-induced capture is a powerful method to study the electron cooling process and to maximize the antihydrogen rate. With this technique a pulsed antihydrogen beam of selectable energy and well collimated with an intensity of a few atoms per second can be anticipated.- ELECTRON NUCLEUS: CAPTURE
- CAPTURE: ELECTRON NUCLEUS
- ION: BEAM
- BEAM: ION
- ANTI-P: PRODUCTION
- HYDROGEN: ANTIPARTICLE
- OPTICS: LASER
- BEAM COOLING: ELECTRON COOLING
- ELECTRON COOLING: BEAM COOLING
- IONIZATION
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