ELECTRON-CAPTURE BY C60F35- IN COLLISIONS WITH ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR TARGETS

Authors
BOLTALINA OV HVELPLUND P LARSEN MC LARSSON MO
Citation
Ov. Boltalina et al., ELECTRON-CAPTURE BY C60F35- IN COLLISIONS WITH ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR TARGETS, Physical review letters, 80(23), 1998, pp. 5101-5104
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
80
Issue
23
Year of publication
1998
Pages
5101 - 5104
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1998)80:23<5101:EBCICW>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We have studied nondissociative and dissociative electron capture by C 60F35- in collisions with various gas targets. It is argued that this endoergic capture process can be interpreted within a curve-crossing m odel of the Landau-Zener type. Cross sections as large as 10(-16) cm(2 ) are measured for electron capture by 50 keV C60F35- in collisions wi th Xe.