Radiative capture of twisted electrons by bare ions

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Radiative capture of twisted electrons by bare ions. / Matula, O.; Hayrapetyan, A. G.; Serbo, V. G. et al.

In: New Journal of Physics, Vol. 16, 053024, 05.2014.

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Matula, O, Hayrapetyan, AG, Serbo, VG, Surzhykov, A & Fritzsche, S 2014, 'Radiative capture of twisted electrons by bare ions', New Journal of Physics, vol. 16, 053024. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/16/5/053024

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Matula, O., Hayrapetyan, A. G., Serbo, V. G., Surzhykov, A., & Fritzsche, S. (2014). Radiative capture of twisted electrons by bare ions. New Journal of Physics, 16, [053024]. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/16/5/053024

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Matula O, Hayrapetyan AG, Serbo VG, Surzhykov A, Fritzsche S. Radiative capture of twisted electrons by bare ions. New Journal of Physics. 2014 May;16:053024. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/16/5/053024

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Matula, O. ; Hayrapetyan, A. G. ; Serbo, V. G. et al. / Radiative capture of twisted electrons by bare ions. In: New Journal of Physics. 2014 ; Vol. 16.

BibTeX

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abstract = "Recent advances in the production of twisted electron beams with a subnanometer spot size offer unique opportunities to explore the role of orbital angular momentum in basic atomic processes. In the present work, we address one of these processes: radiative recombination of twisted electrons with bare ions. On the basis of the density matrix formalism and the non-relativistic Schr{\"o}dinger theory, analytical expressions are derived for the angular distribution and the linear polarization of photons emitted due to the capture of twisted electrons into the ground state of (hydrogen-like) ions. We show that these angular and polarization distributions are sensitive to both the transverse momentum and the topological charge of the electron beam. To observe in particular the value of this charge, we propose an experiment that makes use of the coherent superposition of two twisted beams.",

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