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Molecular fragmentation in heavy ion collisions

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High-Energy Ion-Atom Collisions

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics ((LNP,volume 294))

Abstract

Time-of-flight (TOF) spectroscopy has been applied to the identification and study of ionic species produced in fast ion-molecule collisions. By optimizing the resolution of the TOF spectrometer employed, kinetic energies have been determined for the dissociation products of simple diatomic molecules ranging in charge from 1+ to 5+. Various spectral features are compared for monatomic and diatomic targets, and the characteristics of the fragmentation patterns for the complex molecule SF6 produced in He+ and Ar13+ collisions are examined.

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  1. Cyclotron Institute and Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, 77843, College Station, Texas, USA

    R. L. Watson, R. J. Maurer, B. B. Bandong & C. Can

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D. Berényi G. Hock

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Watson, R.L., Maurer, R.J., Bandong, B.B., Can, C. (1988). Molecular fragmentation in heavy ion collisions. In: Berényi, D., Hock, G. (eds) High-Energy Ion-Atom Collisions. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 294. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-18732-4_133

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