Ionization by positive ions
- 11 June 1957
- journal article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Vol. 240 (1222), 382-395
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1957.0093
Abstract
We describe a method of measuring the ionization cross-section of atoms by positive ions, in which electrons are collected from single collisions of an ion beam passing through a gas at low pressures. Secondary electrons formed by the collisions of ions with surfaces are suppressed. Measurements are given for twenty-three cases, over energy ranges of $\sim $5 to $\sim $40 keV (section 1) and $\sim $ 100 to $\sim $ 3 keV (section 2). The cross-sections do not appear to conform to the simple adiabatic theory, but the size of cross-section in the adiabatic region appears to depend upon the reduced mass of the system.
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