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Tashenov S, Banaś D, Beyer H, Brandau C, Fritzsche S, Gumberidze A, Hagmann S, Hillenbrand PM, Jörg H, Kojouharov I, Kozhuharov C, Lestinsky M, Litvinov YA, Maiorova AV, Schaffner H, Shabaev VM, Spillmann U, Stöhlker T, Surzhykov A, Trotsenko S. Observation of coherence in the time-reversed relativistic photoelectric effect. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2014; 113:113001. [PMID: 25259973 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.113001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
The photoelectric effect has been studied in the regime of hard x rays and strong Coulomb fields via its time-reversed process of radiative recombination (RR). In the experiment, the relativistic electrons recombined into the 2p_{3/2} excited state of hydrogenlike uranium ions, and both the RR x rays and the subsequently emitted characteristic x rays were detected in coincidence. This allowed us to observe the coherence between the magnetic substates in a highly charged ion and to identify the contribution of the spin-orbit interaction to the RR process.
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Affiliation(s)
- S Tashenov
- Physikalisches Institut der Universität Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jan Kochanowski University, 25-406 Kielce, Poland
| | - H Beyer
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
| | - C Brandau
- ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI and Research Division, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany and FIAS Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
| | - S Fritzsche
- Helmholtz-Institut Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany and Theoretisch-Physikalisches Institut, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
| | - A Gumberidze
- ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI and Research Division, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany and FIAS Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
| | - S Hagmann
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
| | - P-M Hillenbrand
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
| | - H Jörg
- Physikalisches Institut der Universität Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - I Kojouharov
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
| | - Ch Kozhuharov
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
| | - Yu A Litvinov
- Physikalisches Institut der Universität Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany and GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
| | - A V Maiorova
- St. Petersburg State University, 198504 St. Petersburg, Russia
| | - H Schaffner
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- St. Petersburg State University, 198504 St. Petersburg, Russia
| | - U Spillmann
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
| | - Th Stöhlker
- Helmholtz-Institut Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany and Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
| | - A Surzhykov
- Helmholtz-Institut Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
| | - S Trotsenko
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany and Helmholtz-Institut Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
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