CHARGE-EXCHANGE AND ELECTRON-EMISSION IN SLOW COLLISIONS OF HIGHLY-CHARGED IONS WITH C-60

We simulated the population dynamics of target and projectile levels d uring the interaction of slow, highly charged ions and C60. Our invest igation is based on a semiclassical over-barrier description of long-r ange charge exchange and a spherical model for the C60 cluster. It inc ludes the transient formation of hollow atoms and relaxation of the pr ojectile due to Auger cascades. As a first application, we consider sl ow Ar8+ projectiles and give estimates for the occupation changes of a ll coupled target and projectile levels, charge-state evolutions and e nergy-resolved spectra of emitted Auger electrons. Our results are in satisfactory agreement with recent experimental data.