Angular distributions of very low energy recoil ions

C. E. González Lepera, M. Breinig, J. Burgdörfer, R. Deserio, S. B. Elston, J. P. Gibbons, H. P. Hülskötter, L. Liljeby, R. T. Short, C. R. Vane

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Abstract

We present the first measurements of the angular distribution of recoil ions near 90 ° with respect to the incident projectile direction. Beams of 22.5 and 33 MeV chlorine ions (incident charge states q = 4,5,8) have been used as "hammer" beams incident on Ne atoms. We do not confirm the long standing assumption that these recoil ions are ejected preferentially at angles very near 90 ° with respect to the primary beam direction, although they do have energies typically less than 5 eV. Recoil ions ejected around 90 ° have an energy distribution appreciably wider than those ejected at either larger or smaller angles.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)316-320
Number of pages5
JournalNuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, B
Volume24-25
Issue numberPART 1
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 3 1987

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Instrumentation

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