(1) School of Physics, University of Sydney, 2006 Sydney, Australia
Abstract:
Highly resolved Doppler shifted peaks of the hydrogen
Balmer lines, resulting from charge exchange of H+, H2+,
and H3+ with an H2 gas target, were obtained without the
need for a deconvolution procedure. This enabled the unambiguous
determination of the chemistry of these hydrogen species in the
units of mTorr pressure range. This was obtained from a gaseous
discharge using a biconical hollow cathode that yielded a well
collimated and monoenergetic beam.