First observation of coherence in a highly charged ion. (July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tashenov, S; Banaś, D; Beyer, H; Brandau, C; Fritzsche, S; Gumberidze, A; Hagmann, S; Hillenbrand, P-M; Jörg, H; Kojouharov, I; Kozhuharov, Ch; Lestinsky, M; Litvinov, Yu A; Maiorova, A V; Schaffner, H; Shabaev, V M; Spillmann, U; Stöhlker, Th; Surzhykov, A; Trotsenko, S
• Is Part Of: Journal of physics. Number 635(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-07
• Subjects: Physics -- Congresses; 530.5
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/635/2/022096
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-6588

Abstract

Synopsis: We report the first observation of correlated x rays emitted by a heavy highly charged ion such as hydrogenlike uranium in the process of radiative recombination. The angular correlations between these x rays for the first time revealed a coherence of the populated state in this ion. The results also indicate a strong contribution of the spin-orbit interaction in radiative recombination.