The mechanisms of formation of vacancies and radiation-induced adsorbed and
interstitial atoms in the cascades of atomic collisions induced by 25-, 40
- and 50-eV Ar and Xe ions normally incident onto the Al(100) surface at 30
0 K are discussed within the framework of the molecular dynamics approach.
The numbers of bulk and surface vacancies formed in the course of a collisi
on cascade exhibit two maxima in the case of Xe ions and a single maximum i
n the case of Ar ions. (C) 2000 MAIK "Nauka/Interperiodica".