Dielectronic recombination on heliumlike argon

Abstract

We have used the electron-energy dependence of yields of heliumlike and lithiumlike argon ions from the Kansas State University electron-beam ions source (EBIS) to measure the ratio of the cross section for \ensuremath{\Delta} n=1 dielectronic recombination of heliumlike argon to that for electron ionization of lithiumlike argon. By normalizing to the latter cross section we obtain absolute dielectronic recombination cross sections and find good agreement with theoretical calculations for the lower-energy resonances.