Neutralization and equilibration of highly charged argon ions at grazing incidence on a graphite surface
- Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
Final charge state distributions of argon ions, scattered grazingly from a smooth highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) surface, have been measured as a function of initial charge state (q=4-17) and impact velocity (v=0.15-0.62 a.u.). The final charge state distribution changes strongly with the impact velocity, but is almost independent of the initial charge state. The neutralization during grazing-angle scattering is compared to the charge state equilibration experienced by ions passing through a solid (carbon foil), and these two processes seem to have common properties. A K x-ray spectrum from the K-shell vacancy decay of 51 keV Ar{sup 17+} projectiles was obtained as a function of the angle between the ion beam and the surface. First measurements of x-ray spectra in coincidence with grazingly scattered ions are reported. A simple model for argon neutralization near and below the surface is proposed. The model assumes a direct side-feeding into the Ar M-shell followed by Auger and radiative L and K-shell filling.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 394116
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9605105-; ISSN 0003-0503; TRN: 96:028779
- Journal Information:
- Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Vol. 41, Issue 3; Conference: 27. annual meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (DAMOP) of the American Physical Society (APS), Ann Arbor, MI (United States), 15-18 May 1996; Other Information: PBD: May 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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