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Electron capture and target ionization in collisions of bare projectile ions incident on helium

Journal Article · · Physical Review A. General Physics; (United States)
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  1. J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506 (United States)

Absolute cross sections for the processes of single capture, transfer ionization, and single and double ionization were measured for C{sup 6+}, N{sup 7+}, O{sup 8+}, and F{sup 9+} projectiles incident on a helium target in the projectile velocity range of 0.25--2.0 MeV/amu. The cross sections were determined by measuring projectile-ion final charge states in coincidence with target recoil-ion final charge states. The single-capture and transfer-ionization cross sections were corrected for ionization from impurity charge states in the beam and for double-collision processes in the target gas cell. These corrections, which are necessary for the relative as well as the absolute cross sections, were found to be as large as 50% of the cross section. The measured cross sections are compared to the multistate, coupled-channel calculations of Shingal and Lin using an independent-electron model.

OSTI ID:
7276770
Journal Information:
Physical Review A. General Physics; (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review A. General Physics; (United States) Vol. 45:5; ISSN PLRAA; ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English