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Photon polarization in the two-photon decay of heavy hydrogen-like ions

A. Surzhykov, Thomas Radtke, P. Indelicato, S. Fritzsche

Published Mar 1, 2009• 8 citations

Abstract

We have applied the density matrix and second-order perturbation theory in order to re-analyze the two-photon decay of hydrogen-like ions for the polarization of emitted light. Special attention is paid to the linear polarization of one of the photons, while the spin state of the second photon is supposed to be unobserved. For such an “angle-polarization” correlation of the two photons we investigate the contributions that arise from non electric-dipole terms in the expansion of the electron-photon interaction. Detailed calculations are performed for the 2s 1/2 →1s 1/2 and 3d 5/2 →1s 1/2 transitions in neutral hydrogen as well as in hydrogen-like uranium.

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2009-00969-8

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Z

increases. Detailed computations on the photon-photon angular distribution have been carried out for the $2{s}_{1∕2}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}1{s}_{1∕2}$ and $3{d}_{5∕2}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}1{s}_{1∕2}$ transitions in neutral hydrogen (H) as well as for hydrogenlike xenon

({\mathrm{Xe}}^{53+})

and uranium

({\mathrm{U}}^{91+})

ions, and are compared with previous nonrelativistic results by Au [Phys. Rev. A 14, 531 (1976)]).

The angular and polarization properties of the photon pair emitted in the two--photon decay of

2s

hyperfine states in hydrogenlike ions are investigated within the relativistic Dirac framework and second order perturbation theory. The studied transitions are

2s_{1/2}\,(F=1,0)\to1s_{1/2}\,(F=1,0)

in Hydrogen atom and

2s_{1/2}\,(F=4,3)\to1s_{1/2}\,(F=4,3)

in hydrogenlike Uranium ion. Two different emission patterns are found: For non-spin-flip transitions, the angular correlation (

i.e.

the angular distribution of the emitted photons) is of the type

\sim 1+\cos^2θ

, while the linear polarizations of the emitted photons are approximately parallel one another; For spin-flip transitions, the angular correlation is of the type

\sim 1-1/3\cos^2θ

, while the linear polarizations of the emitted photons are approximately orthogonal one another.

{\mathrm{U}}^{91+}

ions for different (degrees of) initial alignment. It is shown that the angular correlation function is very sensitive to the alignment of the

3{d}_{5∕2}

state, an effect which has to be accounted for in the analysis of all (future) two-photon decay experiments, for which the excited state of the ions is produced by relativistic ion-atom collisions.