An experimental study of charge transfer and ionisation in Cs+-Cs+collisions

Abstract

Cross sections for Cs²⁺ production from the combined processes of charge transfer and ionisation in Cs⁺-Cs⁺ collisions have been determined at centre-of-mass energies between 40 and 280 keV using an intersecting-beam technique previously developed in this laboratory. Measured cross sections are at least 1.5*10^-16 cm² and the results are directly relevant to proposed schemes for heavy-ion fusion.