1994 Articles

Measurement of C3+ dielectronic recombination in a known external field

Savin, Daniel Wolf; Kohl, J. L.; Young, A. R.; Gardner, L. D.; Lafyatis, G. P.; Chutjian, A.; Bliman, S.

An experiment to measure the dielectronic recombination of C3+ in a known external electric field is described. The measured value differs from results of calculations which do not include the effects of field enhancement, and is larger than but marginally in agreement with predictions of theoretical methods that include the effects of the external field.