Ionization and multifragmentation of C[sub 60] by high-energy, highly charged Xe ions

Journal Article · Mon Jun 20 00:00:00 EDT 1994 · Physical Review Letters; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.3965· OSTI ID:7032762

LeBrun, T; Berry, H G; Cheng, S; Dunford, R W; Esbensen, H; Gemmell, D S; Kanter, E P ^[1]; Bauer, W ^[2]

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1. Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)
2. National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 (United States)

Ionization and multifragmentation have been observed in C[sub 60] molecules bombarded by Xe[sup 35+] and Xe[sup 18+] ions with energies in the range 420--625 MeV. The c.m. energies exceeded those used in previous studies by several orders of magnitude. We present the observed mass distribution of positively charged fragments together with 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.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 7032762
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (United States), Vol. 72:25; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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FULLERENES
ION-MOLECULE COLLISIONS
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ATLAS SUPERCONDUCTING LINAC
CROSS SECTIONS
ENERGY TRANSFER
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
IONIZATION
MEV RANGE 100-1000
MULTICHARGED IONS
PLASMONS
TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD
XENON 136
ACCELERATORS
CARBON
CHARGED PARTICLES
COLLISIONS
DATA
ELEMENTS
ENERGY RANGE
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
HEAVY ION ACCELERATORS
INFORMATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ION COLLISIONS
IONS
ISOTOPES
LINEAR ACCELERATORS
MEV RANGE
MOLECULE COLLISIONS
NONMETALS
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
QUASI PARTICLES
STABLE ISOTOPES
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