The interactions of high-energy, highly charged Xe ions with buckyballs [report]

R. Ali, H.G. Berry, S. Cheng
1994 unpublished
Ionization and fragmentation have been measured for C" molecules bombarded by highly charged (up to 35 + ) xenon ions with energies ranging up to 625 MeV. The observed mass distribution of positively charged fragments is explained in terms of a theoretical model indicating that the total interaction cross section contains roughly equal contributions from (a) excitation of the giant plasmon resonance, and (b) large-energy-transfer processes that lead to multiple fragmentation of the molecule.
more » ... liminary results of measurements on WV photons emitted in these interactions are also presented.
doi:10.2172/10107586 fatcat:qbqqfn2gazdinkyuj46dgtokwe