Electron correlations observed through intensity interferometry

Phys Rev Lett. 2000 Jan 31;84(5):863-6. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.863.

Abstract

Intensity interferometry was applied to study electron correlations in doubly ionizing ion-atom collisions. In this method, the probability to find two electrons emitted in the same double ionization event with a certain momentum difference is compared to the corresponding probability for two uncorrelated electrons from two independent events. The ratio of both probabilities, the so-called correlation function, is found to sensitively reveal electron correlation effects, but it is rather insensitive to the collision dynamics.