Study of the process of formation of excited states of krypton atomic ions via electron-stimulated desorption of excited molecular ions

The processes of population of excited levels of a krypton atomic ion via electron-stimulated desorption are studied. The radiation yield per single exciting electron in the corresponding krypton spectral lines is measured by the optical time-of-flight mass spectrometric method. The efficiency of the processes studied is compared with that of electron-impact excitation of the same levels.