Continuum Electron Emission from Collisions of 0.1-3.2-MeV Kr Ions with Xe Targets

Abstract

Electrons with energies in the range of 100 to 600 eV have been observed to be emitted following 0.1-3.2-MeV collisions of Kr ions with Xe targets. Coincidence measurements between these electrons and the scattering ions determine the impact-parameter dependence for this electron emission. Although these data lie outside the conventional region of applicability of the one-electron molecular-orbital model, they are remarkably consistent with such molecular-orbital calculations. These Kr-Xe data are similar in nature to those for Kr-Kr collisions which previous authors have interpreted differently.