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2011

Projectiles

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Mutual Projectile And Target Ionization In 1-Mev/Amu N⁴⁺ And N₅⁺+ He Collisions, Xincheng Wang, Katharina R. Schneider, Aditya H. Kelkar, Gunterschul Brenner, Michael Schulz, B. Najjari, Alexander B. Voitkiv, M. Gundmundsson, Manfred Grieser, Claude Krantz, Michael Lestinsky, Andreas R. Wolf, Siegbert Hagmann, Robert Moshammer, Joachim Hermann Ullrich, Daniel Fischer Aug 2011

Mutual Projectile And Target Ionization In 1-Mev/Amu N⁴⁺ And N₅⁺+ He Collisions, Xincheng Wang, Katharina R. Schneider, Aditya H. Kelkar, Gunterschul Brenner, Michael Schulz, B. Najjari, Alexander B. Voitkiv, M. Gundmundsson, Manfred Grieser, Claude Krantz, Michael Lestinsky, Andreas R. Wolf, Siegbert Hagmann, Robert Moshammer, Joachim Hermann Ullrich, Daniel Fischer

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

We have studied mutual projectile and target ionization in 1-MeV/amu N4+ and N5++He collisions in kinematically complete experiments by measuring the momenta of the recoil ion and both ejected electrons in coincidence with the charge-changed projectiles. By means of four-particle Dalitz plots, in which multiple differential cross sections are presented as a function of the momenta of all four particles, experimental spectra are compared with theoretical results from various models. The experimental data are qualitatively reproduced by higher-order calculations, where good agreement is achieved for N5++He collisions, while some discrepancies persist for N4++He …


Young-Type Interference In Projectile-Electron Loss In Energetic Ion-Molecule Collisions, Alexander B. Voitkiv, B. Najjari, Daniel Fischer, Anton N. Artemyev, Andrey S. Surzhykov Jun 2011

Young-Type Interference In Projectile-Electron Loss In Energetic Ion-Molecule Collisions, Alexander B. Voitkiv, B. Najjari, Daniel Fischer, Anton N. Artemyev, Andrey S. Surzhykov

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

Under certain conditions an electron bound in a fast projectile ion, colliding with a molecule, interacts mainly with the nuclei and inner shell electrons of atoms forming the molecule. Because of their compact localization in space and distinct separation from each other, these molecular centers play in such collisions a role similar to that of optical slits in light scattering leading to pronounced interference in the spectra of the electron emitted from the projectile.


Manipulating Atomic Fragmentation Processes By Controlling The Projectile Coherence, Kisra N. Egodapitiya, Sachin D. Sharma, Ahmad Hasan, Aaron C. Laforge, Don H. Madison, Robert Moshammer, Michael Schulz Apr 2011

Manipulating Atomic Fragmentation Processes By Controlling The Projectile Coherence, Kisra N. Egodapitiya, Sachin D. Sharma, Ahmad Hasan, Aaron C. Laforge, Don H. Madison, Robert Moshammer, Michael Schulz

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

We have measured the scattering angle dependence of cross sections for ionization in p+H2 collisions for a fixed projectile energy loss. Depending on the projectile coherence, interference due to indistinguishable diffraction of the projectile from the two atomic centers was either present or absent in the data. This shows that, due to the fundamentals of quantum mechanics, the preparation of the beam must be included in theoretical calculations. The results have far-reaching implications on formal atomic scattering theory because this critical aspect has been overlooked for several decades.


Scattering-Angle Dependence Of Doubly Differential Cross Sections For Fragmentation Of H₂ By Proton Impact, Kisra N. Egodapitiya, Sachin D. Sharma, Aaron C. Laforge, Michael Schulz Jan 2011

Scattering-Angle Dependence Of Doubly Differential Cross Sections For Fragmentation Of H₂ By Proton Impact, Kisra N. Egodapitiya, Sachin D. Sharma, Aaron C. Laforge, Michael Schulz

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

We have measured double differential cross sections (DDCS) for proton fragment formation for fixed projectile energy losses as a function of projectile scattering angle in 75 keV p + H2 collisions. An oscillating pattern was observed in the angular dependence of the DDCS with a frequency about twice as large as what we found earlier for nondissociative ionization. Possible origins for this frequency doubling are discussed.