Multiple ionization in fast ion-atom collisions: simultaneous measurement of recoil momentum and projectile energy loss

Phys Rev Lett. 2000 Jul 10;85(2):278-81. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.278.

Abstract

We report on the first experiment that measures simultaneously the full momentum vector of recoil ions and projectile energy loss and scattering angle in ion-atom collisions. We studied multiple ionization in the collisions of 0.83-MeV/u O7+ with Ne. Recoil ions ( Ne(q+), q = 1-8) were detected in coincidence with single capture to O6+. The results give the first experimental evidence for the increase of the average electron energy with increasing recoil charge state q. The average ejection angle shows a dramatic decrease with q. Results are compared with n-electron classical trajectory Monte Carlo calculations.