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Multiple-charged secondary-ion emission from silicon and silicon oxide bombarded by heavy ions at energies of 0. 4--10 MeV

Journal Article · · Physical Review A; (United States)
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  1. Department of Nuclear Engineering, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-01 (Japan)

Secondary-ion yields have been measured for Si and SiO[sub 2] targets bombarded by C, Si, Ge, and Ag projectiles over an energy range beween 0.4 and 10 MeV, where the atomic-collision process changes from a nuclear to an electronic one. Obtained yields of secondary Si[sup [ital q]+] ([ital q]=1,2,3,4) ions for the C projectiles are generally decreasing functions of incident energy. On the other hand, the yields for Ag increase with increasing energy except for Si[sup +]. The possibility of multiple-charged recoil-ion production through the simultaneous process of ionization and recoil caused by the projectiles is discussed on the basis of an independent-electron model, which describes multiple ionization of atoms by energetic heavy-ion impact.

OSTI ID:
7061176
Journal Information:
Physical Review A; (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review A; (United States) Vol. 51:1; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English