Charge state effects in atom-surface scattering

Autor: J. N. Defazio, T. M. Stephen, B. L. Peko
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 201:453-459
ISSN: 0168-583X
DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(02)01810-4
Popis: Experimental results of atom-surface scattering are presented for variable energy (25–200 eV) collisions of hydrogen with a polycrystalline copper surface. Negative ion measurements are made for proton and hydrogen-atom beams impacting the surface. Energy and angular distributions of the resulting H − ions are analyzed for an 18° angle of incidence. Charge state effects become apparent in the H − ion energy spectra at incident energies less than ∼70 eV. Measurements show that H − ions resulting from incident hydrogen atoms are approximately 3 eV less energetic than those from protons with the same kinetic energy. Energy losses can be accounted for by the inclusion of charge state dependent thresholds in a linear function of incident energy.
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