We study the angular distribution of electrons, emitted in ion-helium
collisions, with low velocities relative to the target. We use an expa
nsion of the ionization doubly differential cross section, in Legendre
polynomials, with electron velocity-dependent weight coefficients tha
t define the angular shape of the distribution. We determine these coe
fficients from available experimental data for H+, He-2+, C6+ , and O8
+ projectiles at 1- and 1.84-MeV impact energies, and we evaluate them
by using the first Born and the continuum-distorted-wave-eikonal-init
ial-state (CDW-EIS) approximations. The experimental results and CDW-E
IS calculations confirm the existence of forward-backward asymmetry in
the soft-electron emission peak. We discuss the dependence of theoret
ical and experimental parameters on the impact energy and the charge o
f the projectile.