skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: The interactions of high-energy, highly charged Xe ions with buckyballs

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10107586· OSTI ID:10107586

Ionization and fragmentation have been measured for C{sub 60} molecules bombarded by highly charged (up to 35+) xenon ions with energies ranging up to 625 MeV. The observed mass distribution of positively charged fragments is explained in terms of a theoretical model indicating that the total interaction cross section contains roughly equal contributions from (a) excitation of the giant plasmon resonance, and (b) large-energy-transfer processes that lead to multiple fragmentation of the molecule. Preliminary results of measurements on VUV photons emitted in these interactions are also presented.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
10107586
Report Number(s):
ANL/PHY/CP-84104; CONF-9410275-1; ON: DE95004597; TRN: AHC29507%%116
Resource Relation:
Conference: Interaction of charged particles and radiation with matter,Oak Ridge, TN (United States),23-25 Oct 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1994]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English