DIELECTRONIC RECOMBINATION AND IONIZATION IN ELECTRON-ION COLLISIONS: DATA FROM MERGED-BEAMS EXPERIMENTS

摘要

This article reviews dielectronic recombination and electron-impact ionization cross section and rate data obtained in accelerator-based merged-beams experiments with atomic ions and cold electron beams. The experimental data are compared with theories. The amount of information contained in measurements of resonance features is critically discussed.