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Published on: September 27, 2011
Scattering of slow metastable argon atoms by dielectric nanospheres
J Baudon1, M Hamamda, J Grucker
1Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, CNRS-Université Paris 13, Av. J.B. Clement, 93430-Villetaneuse, France. jacques.baudon@univ-paris13.fr
Abstract:
The elastic scattering at low energy of metastable argon atoms with internal angular momentum J = 0 and 2 by dielectric nanospheres is investigated. The differential cross sections are calculated for both isotropic and anisotropic interactions. A polarization effect is clearly evidenced. The possible use of a metastable atom beam as a probe of an ensemble of nanospheres deposited on a passive substrate is examined.

