Evidence for an additional coupling of the innermost shells in very heavy quasi-molecular ion-atom collisions

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, , Citation M Mann et al 1982 J. Phys. B: Atom. Mol. Phys. 15 4199 DOI 10.1088/0022-3700/15/22/019

0022-3700/15/22/4199

Abstract

Due to the tremendous spin-orbit splitting of quasi-molecular levels of super-heavy collision systems (Z=Z1+Z2<or=137) bombarding energy 0.5-6 MeV N-1, unusual couplings may occur around Z approximately=165. Experimental evidence for such a theoretically predicted coupling is discussed.

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10.1088/0022-3700/15/22/019