Inelastic electron scattering induced quantum coherence: isotope effect

Akshay Kumar; Vaibhav S. Prabhudesai

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Inelastic electron scattering induced quantum coherence: isotope effect

Akshay Kumar·Vaibhav S. Prabhudesai

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Recent discoveries of electron-induced coherence in both resonant and non-resonant interactions have introduced new perspectives in the field. In non-resonant processes, coherence has been observed in dipolar dissociation, where electron-induced excitation forms a coherent superposition of states of opposite parities, resulting in asymmetry in the angle-differential cross-section of the process relative to the incident electron beam. Notably, an isotope effect has been observed in $D_2$ at 50 eV, where heavier isotopes exhibit diminished asymmetry due to their longer dissociation times. Here, we report the isotope effect on quantum coherence in $D_2$ across different electron energies. Additionally, we investigate the role of coherence in the isotopologue HD. Our findings reveal that the asymmetric masses in HD do not influence electron-impact excitation, leading to similar asymmetry in the angular distributions of $H^-$ and $D^-$ ions. This observation is explained by the homonuclear-like behavior of HD within the Franck-Condon region.

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Akshay Kumar, Vaibhav S. Prabhudesai. 2026-07-01. Inelastic electron scattering induced quantum coherence: isotope effect. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.00806

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