Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 222, 2273-2277 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2013-02005-0

Regular Article

Experimental investigation of electron impact excitation of zinc atoms to the 4¹P₁ state

Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics Nicolaus Copernicus University, ul. Grudziadzka 5, 87-100 Torun, Poland

^a e-mail: Mariusz.Piwinski@fizyka.umk.pl

Received: 8 June 2013
Revised: 9 August 2013
Published online: 23 October 2013

Abstract

Polarization analysis version of the electron-photon coincidence technique was applied to completely determine quantum state of zinc atoms excited to the 4¹P₁ state by electron impact. We report first experimental values of Stokes parameters and Electron Impact Coherence Parameters (EICPs) for incident electron energy 80 eV.