Excitation of Odd Levels of YbII during Collisions of Electrons with Ytterbium Atoms

The excitation of odd levels of YbII during the e–Yb collisions is experimentally investigated. Thirty one excitation cross sections of spectral lines of YbII at the electron energy of 50 eV are measured. For the majority of cross sections, the dependence on the energy of exciting electrons is registered in the range of energies from 0 to 200 eV. The absolute values of cross sections exceed the data of preceding experiment by 30 to 50 times.