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Title: Electron loss from 1.4-MeV/u U{sup 4,6,10+} ions colliding with Ne, N{sub 2}, and Ar targets

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri 65409 (United States)
  2. Centro Federal de Educaca o Tecnologica de Quimica, Rio de Janerio, 26530-060 (Brazil)
  3. Atomic Physics Division, GSI, 64291 Darmstadt (Germany)
  4. Accelerator Division, GSI, 64291 Darmstadt (Germany)
  5. Instituet fuer Kernphysik der J.W. Goethe Universitaet Frankfurt, August-Euler-Strasse 6, Frankfurt (Germany); and others

Absolute, total, single- and multiple-electron-loss cross sections are measured for 1.4-MeV/u U{sup 4,6,10+} ions colliding with neon and argon atoms and nitrogen molecules. It is found that the cross sections all have the same dependence on the number of electrons lost and that multiplying the cross sections by the initial number of electrons in the 6s, 6p, and 5f shells yields good agreement between the different projectiles. By combining the present data with previous measurements made at the same velocity, it is shown that the scaled cross sections slowly decrease in magnitude for incoming charge states between 1 and 10, whereas the cross sections for higher-charge-state ions fall off much more rapidly.

OSTI ID:
20646061
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Vol. 70, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.70.032712; (c) 2004 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English