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Production of very cold, highly charged ions by synchrotron radiation: Comparisons of the ''scalpel'' and ''hammer'' methods

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OSTI ID:6568491

Measurements of kinetic energies of highly charged argon ions produced by inner-shell photoionization and by ion-beam impact have been made using time-of-flight techniques. High-charge-state recoil ions produced by beams of approx..5 - 1 MeV/u Cl/sup +5/ are found to have energies one to two orders of magnitude higher than ions of the same charge produced by vacancy cascades following inner-shell photoionization by synchrotron radiation. The results may have application to the development of a very-cold ion source useful for angle-resolved atomic collision studies.

Research Organization:
Tennessee Univ., Knoxville (USA); Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA); Royal Inst. of Tech., Stockholm (Sweden). Inst. of Microwave Technology; Lund Univ. (Sweden). Dept. of Physics; Texas A and M Univ., College Station (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
OSTI ID:
6568491
Report Number(s):
CONF-8703116-2; ON: DE87009123
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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