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Magnetic and orbital dichroism in (e, 2e) ionisation of Sodium

Lower, J., Weigold, E., Berakdar, J., Mazevet, S.

Physical Review Letters 86, pp 624-629 (2001)

We present the first measurement of (e,2e) ionization cross sections for a laser oriented atomic target by spin polarized electrons. Cross sections are presented as a function of target orientation and polarization direction of the incident electron beam. This study provides insight into mechanisms by which angular momentum is transferred from the valence electron to the two final state continuum electrons in both singlet and triplet spin channels, by comparing measurement with distorted wave Born approximation and the dynamically screened three Coulomb waves (DS3C) calculations.

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