ON THE COLLECTION OF CHARGED PARTICLES FROM PHOTOIONIZATION,

Abstract

The case of photoionization in which charged particles are released with an angular distribution A + B(cos squared) is discussed with a view toward finding a method of measurement insensitive to the angular distribution. It is shown that measurements made at an angle of 54 degrees 44 minutes with respect to the direction of light propagation and with respect to the direction of the electric vector fulfill the requirement, and that the results do not depend on solid angle subtended by a circularly symmetric detector. Furthermore, a direction may be chosen which fulfills the requirement for light polarized in either of two perpendicular directions, light which is partially polarized symmetrically about certain axes, or unpolarized light. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0694369

Entities

People

  • Richard I. Schoen

Organizations

  • Boeing

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Charged Particles
  • Detectors
  • Electrons
  • Elementary Fermions
  • Elementary Particles
  • Fermions
  • Leptons
  • Measurement
  • Particles
  • Photoelectrons
  • Photoionization
  • Subatomic Particles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Systems Analysis and Design