IONIZATION AND FRAGMENTATION OF CLUSTERS SPUTTERED FROM A METAL-SURFACE BY FAST IONS

Authors
FERLEGER VK MEDVEDEVA MB WOJCIECHOWSKI IA
Citation
Vk. Ferleger et al., IONIZATION AND FRAGMENTATION OF CLUSTERS SPUTTERED FROM A METAL-SURFACE BY FAST IONS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 125(1-4), 1997, pp. 214-217
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms → ACNP
ISSN journal
0168583X
Volume
125
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
214 - 217
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-583X(1997)125:1-4<214:IAFOCS>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
A mechanism of ionization of clusters sputtered from a metal surface b y keV-ion bombardment is proposed. The mechanism is based on the idea of a partial transfer of the internal nuclear cluster energy into it t he electronic subsystem and following ionization. In terms of such an approach the dependence of degrees of cluster ionization on n, the num ber of atoms in a cluster, is calculated. The obtained results are in a qualitive agreement with the measurements.