extreme precision (0.01% statistics). Thus, two new mechanisms in the ionization of positive
ions both involving two-electron excitations could be quantitatively investigated. We see (1)
direct excitation of both K electrons into the L shell with subsequent autoionization and (2)
resonant capture of the incident electron by the ion with correlated KK-LL excitation of both
core electrons leading to a triply excited Li atom which then decays by the emission of two …