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Velocity-space pictures of continuum electrons produced by slow, bare, highly charged ions

Journal Article · · Physical Review A
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  1. J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Physics Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506-2604 (United States)
  2. Pacific Bell, 2600 Camino Ramon, IE800B, San Ramon, California 94583 (United States)
  3. Departmento de Fisica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1428 Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Velocity-space pictures of the electron continua produced by the impact of ions on He and Ne have been measured for the bare projectiles of p, He, C, O, and Ne at a projectile velocity of 1.63 a.u. For the three highly charged projectiles, this velocity lies in the ionization {open_quotes}threshold{close_quotes} region where electron capture dominates the reaction. The electron velocity-space distributions for these cases are concentrated near the velocity of the projectile, not near the saddle-point velocity, and seem to {open_quotes}saturate{close_quotes} at a nearly universal shape. The data are in qualitative agreement with CDW-EIS calculations. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}
OSTI ID:
560615
Journal Information:
Physical Review A, Journal Name: Physical Review A Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 56; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English