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The Average Magnetic Field Draping And Consistent Plasma Properties Of The Venus Magnetotail, David J. Mccomas, Harlan E. Spence, C. T. Russell, M. A. Saunders Jul 1986

The Average Magnetic Field Draping And Consistent Plasma Properties Of The Venus Magnetotail, David J. Mccomas, Harlan E. Spence, C. T. Russell, M. A. Saunders

Physics & Astronomy

A new technique has been developed to determine the average structure of the Venus magnetotail (in the range from −8 Rv to −12 Rv) from the Pioneer Venus magnetometer observations. The spacecraft position with respect to the cross-tail current sheet is determined from an observed relationship between the field-draping angle and the magnitude of the field referenced to its value in the nearby magnetosheath. This allows us statistically to remove the effects of tail flapping and variability of draping for the first time and thus to map the average field configuration in the Venus tail. From this …


Relationship Between The P And S Fresnel Reflection Coefficients Of An Interface Independent Of Angle Of Incidence, R. M.A. Azzam Jul 1986

Relationship Between The P And S Fresnel Reflection Coefficients Of An Interface Independent Of Angle Of Incidence, R. M.A. Azzam

Electrical Engineering Faculty Publications

The Fresnel reflection coefficients rp and rs of p- and s-polarized light at the planar interface between two linear isotropic media are found to be interrelated by (rs - rp)/(1 - rsrp) = cos 2β, independent of the angle of incidence ø, where tan2β = ∊ and ∊ is the (generally complex) ratio of dielectric constants of the media of refraction and incidence. This complements another relation (found earlier), (r2s - rp)/(rs - rsrp) = …


Interaction Effects Among Two-Dimensional Electrons And Holes, S. Washburn, Richard A. Webb, E. E. Mendez, L. L. Chang, L. Esaki Jun 1986

Interaction Effects Among Two-Dimensional Electrons And Holes, S. Washburn, Richard A. Webb, E. E. Mendez, L. L. Chang, L. Esaki

Faculty Publications

We report large logarithmic corrections to the conductivity of two-dimensional electrons and holes in GaSb-InAs-GaSb double heterostructures. From ∼ 40 mK to 1 K, the conductivity increased with the logarithm of the temperature but with a slope as much as 30 times larger than estimated from the theories of weak localization and carrier interaction. The discrepancy apparently results from electron-hole interactions not included in the theory.


Application Of A Scaled Homogeneous Nucleation-Rate Formalism To Experimental Data At T≪TC, Barbara N. Hale Jun 1986

Application Of A Scaled Homogeneous Nucleation-Rate Formalism To Experimental Data At T≪TC, Barbara N. Hale

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

It is pointed out that for temperatures T<0.5Tc, where Tc is the critical temperature, the classical steady-state nucleation-rate formalism of Becker and Doring predicts an approximate critical supersaturation ratio Scr (for the onset of nucleation) given by lnScr/Ω3/2~0.53(Tc/T-1)3/2. Ω is a material-dependent quantity approximately equal to the excess surface entropy per molecule. For most substances Ω ~ 2.0 and for associated liquids Ω ~ 1.5.The experimental data (for nucleation from vapor to liquid) from diffusion chamber and nozzle beam studies are found to be consistent with the above …


Solar- Terrestrial Physics: A Space Age Birth, R. W. Schunk May 1986

Solar- Terrestrial Physics: A Space Age Birth, R. W. Schunk

Faculty Honor Lectures

Solar- Terrestrial Physics, in its broadest sense, is concerned with the transport of energy, particles, and fields from the sun to the earth and their consequent effect on the terrestrial environment. Most of the solar energy eventually deposited in our atmosphere, at a rate of approximately a trillion megawatts, arrives in the form of visible light. The study of how this energy affects our environment falls within the purview of meteorology, a discipline that has experienced an independent development and that has sufficiently different problems from solar-terrestrial physics that it can be regarded as a separate but neighboring discipline. In …


Ionic And Neutral Decompssition Of Gaseous Bromochloromethanes, D.C. Driscoll, J.A. Bishop, B.J. Sturm, Peter A. Dowben, C.G. Olsen May 1986

Ionic And Neutral Decompssition Of Gaseous Bromochloromethanes, D.C. Driscoll, J.A. Bishop, B.J. Sturm, Peter A. Dowben, C.G. Olsen

Peter Dowben Publications

The ionization potentials for CCl 4, CCl 3Br, CBr 2Cl 2, CBr 4, CCl 3, and CBr 3 have been measured using electron impact techniques. These numbers have been combined with previously published thermodynamic values in order to construct thermodynamic cycles for ionic and neutral decomposition of the bromochloromethanes. The n to σ*, n to s, and n to p electronic transition energies have also been determined on the basis of photoabsorption spectra.


Mössbauer Spectroscopic Studies Of Hemoglobin And Its Isolated Subunits, G. R. Hoy, D. C. Cook, R. L. Berger, F. K. Friedman May 1986

Mössbauer Spectroscopic Studies Of Hemoglobin And Its Isolated Subunits, G. R. Hoy, D. C. Cook, R. L. Berger, F. K. Friedman

Physics Faculty Publications

Samples of 90% enriched 57Fe hemoglobin and its isolated subunits have been prepared. Mössbauer spectroscopic measurements have been made on three such samples. Sample one contained contributions of oxyhemoglobin, deoxyhemoglobin, and carbonmonoxyhemoglobin. This sample was studied from a temperature of 90 K down to 230 mK. Measurements were also made at 4.2 K using a small applied magnetic field of 1.0 T. In general, the measured quadrupole splittings and isomer shifts for each component agreed with previous measurements on single component samples in the literature, and thus demonstrated that chemically enriched hemoglobin has not been altered. The second and …


Calculations For The Excitation Of High Spin Natural Parity States In Hypernuclei Via (Π+, K+), Yizhang Ho Apr 1986

Calculations For The Excitation Of High Spin Natural Parity States In Hypernuclei Via (Π+, K+), Yizhang Ho

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Relativistic Corrections To The Bethe Sum Rule, P.T. Leung, M. L. Rustgi, S. A. Long Apr 1986

Relativistic Corrections To The Bethe Sum Rule, P.T. Leung, M. L. Rustgi, S. A. Long

Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations

Relativistic corrections to order alpha² to the Bethe sum rule have been obtained for a one-electron system employing the Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation. The results have wide applications in high-Z systems at large momentum transfers.


Shell Correction For The Stopping Power Of K Electrons, P.T. Leung, M. L. Rustgi, S. A. Long Apr 1986

Shell Correction For The Stopping Power Of K Electrons, P.T. Leung, M. L. Rustgi, S. A. Long

Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations

In view of the inapplicability of the asymptotic expressions for the stopping number available in the literature at high energies, an alternative approach is taken to compute the shell correction to the stopping number of K electrons. Anholt's formula (1979) for the K-shell ionization has been used to calculate the excitation function for longitudinal interaction and numerical integration over energy has been carried out to evaluate the shell correction. Comparison with other theoretical calculations is made. It is proposed that, with the inclusion of relativistic effects, an asymptotic expansion of the stopping number with a leading-term logarithmic in the energy …


An Evaluation Of A Taylor-Galerkin Algorithm For High Speed Inviscid Flows Using Quadrilateral And Triangular Elements, Kim S. Bey Apr 1986

An Evaluation Of A Taylor-Galerkin Algorithm For High Speed Inviscid Flows Using Quadrilateral And Triangular Elements, Kim S. Bey

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Theses & Dissertations

The Taylor-Galerkin finite element algorithm is used to obtain solutions to the two-dimensional compressible Euler equations. The mathematical formulation of the algorithm is presented for a typical scalar equation. The derivation results in element equations which are assembled over the entire solution domain to obtain the system of equations that are solved explicitly. The algorithm has the unique feature that the finite element matrices can be evaluated in closed form, avoiding expensive numerical integration. Aspects of vector programming strategies and mesh generation important to an effective analysis procedure are also described. Solutions to supersonic flow problems with exact solutions are …


A Semiclassical Model For Orientation Effects In Electron Transfer Reactions, Robert J. Cave, Stephen J. Klippenstein, R.A. Marcus Mar 1986

A Semiclassical Model For Orientation Effects In Electron Transfer Reactions, Robert J. Cave, Stephen J. Klippenstein, R.A. Marcus

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

An approximate solution to the single‐particle Schrödinger equation with an oblate spheroidal potential well of finite depth is presented. The electronic matrix element HBA for thermal electron transfer is calculated using these wave functions, and is compared with values of HBA obtained using the exact solution of the same Schrödinger equation. The present method yields accurate results for HBA, within the oblate spheroidal potential well model, and is useful for examining the orientational effects of the two centers on the rate of electron transfer.


Methyl And Tert-Butyl Reorientation And Distributions Of Activation Energies In Molecular Solids: A Nuclear Spin-Relaxation Study In 2,4- And 2,5-Di-Tert-Butylhydroxybenzene, Peter A. Beckmann, A. M. Cheung, E. E. Fisch, F. A. Fusco, R. E. Herzog, M. Narisimhan Feb 1986

Methyl And Tert-Butyl Reorientation And Distributions Of Activation Energies In Molecular Solids: A Nuclear Spin-Relaxation Study In 2,4- And 2,5-Di-Tert-Butylhydroxybenzene, Peter A. Beckmann, A. M. Cheung, E. E. Fisch, F. A. Fusco, R. E. Herzog, M. Narisimhan

Physics Faculty Research and Scholarship

We have measured proton Zeeman relaxation rates R in the 2,4- and 2,5-isomers of di tert-butylhydroxybenzene (DTHB) in the solid state. R was measured as a function of temperature T at proton Larmor frequencies of (j)/21T = 8.50,22.5, and 53.0 MHz. The Tranges were from 78 K to just below the melting points of 2,4- and 2,5-DTHB, 385 and 323 K, respectively. The 2,5- DTHB R vs T and (j) can be interpreted qualitatively in terms of three Bloembergen-PurcellPound (BPP) spectral densities, one for each of the three types of rotors in the molecule. The quantitative agreement is poor but …


Angular And Energy Dependence Of Cross Sections For Ejection Of Electrons From Water Vapor, Ii: 15-150-Kev Proton Impact, M. A. Bolorizadeh, M. Eugene Rudd Feb 1986

Angular And Energy Dependence Of Cross Sections For Ejection Of Electrons From Water Vapor, Ii: 15-150-Kev Proton Impact, M. A. Bolorizadeh, M. Eugene Rudd

M. Eugene Rudd Publications

Absolute values of cross sections for electron ejection by protons of 15-150 keV energy have been measured as a function of the angle and energy of the electrons. The range of angles was 10° to 160° and the electron energy range was 1-300 eV. The doubly differential cross sections were also integrated over energy or angle to obtain singly differential and total cross sections and also average ejected electron energies. Good agreement is obtained with Senger's DDCS-MT (doubly differential cross section-mixed treatment) theoretical treatment using the Salin factor.


Angular And Energy Dependence Of Cross Sections For Ejection Of Electrons From Water Vapor, Iii: 20- 150-Kev Neutral-Hydrogen Impact, M. A. Bolorizadeh, M. Eugene Rudd Feb 1986

Angular And Energy Dependence Of Cross Sections For Ejection Of Electrons From Water Vapor, Iii: 20- 150-Kev Neutral-Hydrogen Impact, M. A. Bolorizadeh, M. Eugene Rudd

M. Eugene Rudd Publications

Absolute values of cross sections for electron production in collisions of neutral hydrogen atoms of 20-150 keV energy with water vapor molecules have been measured as a function of the ejection energy and angle. The range of angles was 10° to 160° and the electron energy range was 1-300 eV. The doubly differential cross sections were integrated over angle and/or energy to obtain singly differential cross sections, total electron production cross sections, and average energies of ejection. The angular distribution of the electron loss peak was found to have some features in common with the cross section for elastic scattering …


Plastic Deformation, Vacancy Diffusion, And Vacancy Delocalization In Bcc 3He, Matthew J. Moelter, M. B. Manning, C. Elbaum Feb 1986

Plastic Deformation, Vacancy Diffusion, And Vacancy Delocalization In Bcc 3He, Matthew J. Moelter, M. B. Manning, C. Elbaum

Physics

The plastic deformation of bcc 3He crystals has been studied near the melting curve, in the temperature range 0.65 K ≤T≤.17 K, and for strain rates, ɛ˙, from 2x10-6 to 2x10-4 sec-1. The resulting relations between strain rate and stress, at a given temperature, are accounted for in terms of dislocation climb and vacancy diffusion in the solid He. The temperature dependence of the strain rate at a given stress indicates that a nonclassical mechanism underlies the deformation process. The vacancy diffusion coefficient in bcc 3He, as a function of temperature, is deduced from …


Direct Observation Of Ensemble Averaging Of The Aharonov-Bohm Effect In Normal-Metal Loops, C. P. Umbach, C. Van Haesendonck, R. B. Laibowitz, S. Washburn, Richard A. Webb Jan 1986

Direct Observation Of Ensemble Averaging Of The Aharonov-Bohm Effect In Normal-Metal Loops, C. P. Umbach, C. Van Haesendonck, R. B. Laibowitz, S. Washburn, Richard A. Webb

Faculty Publications

Aharonov-Bohm magnetoconductance oscillations have been measured in series arrays of 1, 3, 10, and 30 submicron-diameter Ag loops. At constant temperature, the amplitude of the h/e oscillations is observed to decrease as the square root of number of loops, while the amplitude of h/2e conductance oscillations, measured in the same samples, is independent of the number of series loops. This is direct confirmation of the ensemble averaging properties of h/e oscillations in multiloop systems. The amplitude of the h/e oscillations is in good agreement with recent calculations.


Evidence For A New State Produced In Antiproton Annihilations At Rest In Liquid Deuterium, R. Debbe, William J. Fickinger, R. Marino, D. K. Robinson Jan 1986

Evidence For A New State Produced In Antiproton Annihilations At Rest In Liquid Deuterium, R. Debbe, William J. Fickinger, R. Marino, D. K. Robinson

Faculty Scholarship

Inclusive charged-pion spectra from p¯d annihilations at rest have been measured in a high-statistics experiment in search of broad states. Analysis of these spectra reveals an enhancement of the π- spectrum at 315 MeV/c. This may be interpreted as a production of a new state of mass 1485 MeV/c2 and width at most 200 MeV/c2 recoiling against the π-. This quasi two-body final state accounts for a large fraction of the p¯n annihilations.


Problems With Deducing Ionospheric Plasma Convection Patterns, Jan Josef Sojka, Robert W. Schunk Jan 1986

Problems With Deducing Ionospheric Plasma Convection Patterns, Jan Josef Sojka, Robert W. Schunk

All Physics Faculty Publications

It is well-known that convection electric fields have an important effect on the ionosphere-thermosphere system at high latitudes and that a quantitative understanding of their effect requires a knowledge of the plasma convection pattern. Consequently, convection electric fields have been measured by a variety of techniques, including satellite, rocket, and balloon-borne probes, optical tracking of ionized barium clouds, incoherent scatter observations of drifting F region plasma, and coherent scatter observations of drifting E region irregularities. Since all of these measurement techniques provide information on only a limited spatial region at any time, the construction of the overall convection pattern requires …


Crossover From Contact Propagation To Chemical Propagation In First-Passage Percolation, A. R. Kerstein, Boyd F. Edwards Jan 1986

Crossover From Contact Propagation To Chemical Propagation In First-Passage Percolation, A. R. Kerstein, Boyd F. Edwards

All Physics Faculty Publications

On lattices whose bonds are assigned time delays from a bimodal distribution with modes at b and a≫b whose relative weights are p and 1-p, the dependence of the first-passage velocity v on p is investigated by means of scaling arguments and computations. As p increases, v exhibits a sharp rise near the percolation threshold due to a crossover from the contact-propagation regime, in which slow-bond crossings are rate limiting, to the chemical-propagation regime, in which the tortuosity of the shortest path through the fast-bond network is rate limiting. Previous analyses of criticality in the limit a/b→∞ are extended by …


A Theoretical Study Of The Production And Decay Of Localized Electron Density Enhancements In The Polar Ionosphere, Jan Josef Sojka, Robert W. Schunk Jan 1986

A Theoretical Study Of The Production And Decay Of Localized Electron Density Enhancements In The Polar Ionosphere, Jan Josef Sojka, Robert W. Schunk

All Physics Faculty Publications

The origins, transport, and decay of large-scale (≳ 10 km) F region density irregularities were theoretically studied using a high-latitude time dependent ionospheric model. Such density irregularities (blobs) have been found both in the polar cap and the auroral zone. The model study, which focuses on blobs being produced by auroral precipitation, shows that the observed energy fluxes can readily account for the blob densities if a plasma flux tube is exposed to the precipitation for 5-10 min. Once the flux tube is transported away from the source, the F region density profile recovers its shape on a time scale …


Comparison Of Simultaneous Chatanika And Millstone Hill Observations With Ionospheric Model Predictions, C. E. Rasmussen, Robert W. Schunk, Jan Josef Sojka, Vincent B. Wickwar, O. De La Beaujardiere, J. Foster, J. Holt, D. S. Evans, E. Nielsen Jan 1986

Comparison Of Simultaneous Chatanika And Millstone Hill Observations With Ionospheric Model Predictions, C. E. Rasmussen, Robert W. Schunk, Jan Josef Sojka, Vincent B. Wickwar, O. De La Beaujardiere, J. Foster, J. Holt, D. S. Evans, E. Nielsen

All Physics Faculty Publications

As part of the MITHRAS program, the Chatanika and Millstone Hill incoherent-scatter radars made coordinated observations of the polar ionosphere on June 27 and 28, 1981. We compare these data with predictions made by a high-latitude ionospheric model. Qualitatively, the same features are evident in both the model and the radar data: fairly constant densities on the dayside with a mid-latitude trough forming poleward of 65 degrees around 1900 MLT (magnetic local time). This trough is seen to extend equatorward with increasing MLT, such that the minimum densities occurring in the trough appear just after midnight around 60 degrees dipole …


Theoretical Study Of The Electron Temperature In The High-Latitude Ionosphere For Solar Maximum And Winter Conditions, Robert W. Schunk, Jan Josef Sojka, M. D. Bowline Jan 1986

Theoretical Study Of The Electron Temperature In The High-Latitude Ionosphere For Solar Maximum And Winter Conditions, Robert W. Schunk, Jan Josef Sojka, M. D. Bowline

All Physics Faculty Publications

The electron temperature (Te) variation in the high-latitude ionosphere at altitudes between 120 and 800 km has been modeled for solar maximum, winter solstice, and strong magnetic activity conditions. The calculated electron temperatures are consistent with the plasma densities and ion temperatures computed from a time-dependent ionospheric model. Heating rates for both solar EUV and auroral precipitation were included. In general, the predicted UT variation of the electron temperature that results from the displacement between the magnetic and geographic poles is only a few hundred degrees. However, in sunlit trough regions, Te hot spots develop, and …


A Simple Conceptual-Model For 2-Photon Absorption, Frank Moscatelli Jan 1986

A Simple Conceptual-Model For 2-Photon Absorption, Frank Moscatelli

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Works

The process of two‐photon excitation of atoms is explained by a simple conceptual model which takes into account virtual states of the atom as well as photon statistics. In addition to predicting the correct dependence of the two‐photon excitation probability on the intensity of incident light, the model also provides an explanation for a number of experimentally observed effects.


Resonant Charge Transfer In Symmetric Alkali-Ion Alkali-Atom Collisions, F. K. Men, M. Kimura, Ronald E. Olson Jan 1986

Resonant Charge Transfer In Symmetric Alkali-Ion Alkali-Atom Collisions, F. K. Men, M. Kimura, Ronald E. Olson

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

Resonant charge transfer in alkali-ion alkali-atom collisions is investigated by using the molecular-orbital expansion method incorporating the use of electron translation factors. Molecular wave functions and eigen energies are obtained by the pseudopotential method. Molecular properties, Re, De, and e, obtained in the present calculation are in good accord with other recent theoretical results, as well as spectroscopic measurements. Three-state close-coupling calculations reproduce the positions of the maxima and minima in the oscillatory structure seen experimentally in the resonant-charge-transfer cross sections for the Li2 + and Cs2 + systems. The magnitude of the total cross sections and their velocity dependence …


Energy Transfer Collisions Between Vibrationally Excited Molecular Nitrogen And Atoms, Laird D. Schearer Jan 1986

Energy Transfer Collisions Between Vibrationally Excited Molecular Nitrogen And Atoms, Laird D. Schearer

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

Chemiluminescent reactions between metastable states of molecular nitrogen and atoms are used to determine the vibrational temperatures of these Non radiating molecular systems. The excitation rates of Na, Mg, Cd, and Zn are used to obtain the vibrational temperature of N2(X 1Σ) and N2(A 3Σ) states in a fast-flowing nitrogen afterglow. The exponential dependence of the intensities of the emission from atoms excited by the energy transfer collisions on the energy of the level yields vibrational temperatures on the order of 3100 K. We also report the presence of apparent strong selection rules on the total spin of the system …


Erratum: Dipole Moment And Potential Energy Functions Of The X ¹∑+ And A1∑+ States Of Nah. (The Journal Of Chemical Physics (1984) 80 (356)), W. T. Zemke, Ronald E. Olson, K. K. Verma, W. C. Stwalley, B. Liu Jan 1986

Erratum: Dipole Moment And Potential Energy Functions Of The X ¹∑+ And A1∑+ States Of Nah. (The Journal Of Chemical Physics (1984) 80 (356)), W. T. Zemke, Ronald E. Olson, K. K. Verma, W. C. Stwalley, B. Liu

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

No abstract provided.


Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy And Relaxation In Molecular Solids Containing Isopropyl Groups. Part 2—The Large Two-Phase Temperature Region In 1,4-Di-Isopropylbenzene, Peter A. Beckmann Jan 1986

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy And Relaxation In Molecular Solids Containing Isopropyl Groups. Part 2—The Large Two-Phase Temperature Region In 1,4-Di-Isopropylbenzene, Peter A. Beckmann

Physics Faculty Research and Scholarship

We report a proton n.m.r. study of the large, long-lived two-phase temperature region in 1,4-di-isopropylbenzene (DIB). The proton spectra are characterized by a narrow line superimposed on a 42 kHz broad line. The narrow line shows the chemical shift structure of DIB. When the sample is in the solid state the narrow lines are sharp (<30 Hz) near the melting point of 256 K and they broaden to ca.1.5 kHz at ca. 170 K where they disappear. A variety of selective and non-selective Zeeman relaxation experiments as well as a Goldman–Shen exchange experiment were performed. It is concluded that the two sets of spins do not communicate on any timescale shorter …


Electron Capture And Loss For 2.5-200-Mev 16s13++He Collisions, M. W. Clark, E. M. Bernstein, J. A. Tanis, W. G. Graham, Robert H. Mcfarland, T. J. Morgan, B. M. Johnson, K. W. Jones, M. Meron Jan 1986

Electron Capture And Loss For 2.5-200-Mev 16s13++He Collisions, M. W. Clark, E. M. Bernstein, J. A. Tanis, W. G. Graham, Robert H. Mcfarland, T. J. Morgan, B. M. Johnson, K. W. Jones, M. Meron

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

Electron capture and loss cross sections have been measured for highly charged (q=13+) sulfur ions with energies 2.5-200 MeV colliding with helium. Electron capture varies by nearly six orders of magnitude over the energy range investigated, while electron loss varies by only about a factor of 2. The capture cross sections are in reasonable agreement with classical and empirical scaling rules, while the loss cross sections agree well with the plane-wave Born approximation. © 1986 The American Physical Society.


Multiple-Electron Capture And Ionization In Collisions Of Highly Stripped Ions With Ar Atoms, A. M̈Ller, B. Schuch, W. Groh, E. Salzborn, H. F. Beyer, P. H. Mokler, Ronald E. Olson Jan 1986

Multiple-Electron Capture And Ionization In Collisions Of Highly Stripped Ions With Ar Atoms, A. M̈Ller, B. Schuch, W. Groh, E. Salzborn, H. F. Beyer, P. H. Mokler, Ronald E. Olson

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

Multiple-vacancy production in Ar atoms by 1.4-MeV/u highly stripped ion impact is studied. From a recoil-ionprojectile-ion coincidence experiment charge-state distributions of Ar ions were obtained distinguishing between pure ionization and capture of up to three electrons by N6+,7+, Fe12+,15+,20+,21+, Kr18+, Gd37+, and U30+,36+,41+,44+,4 8+ ions. With increasing projectile charge state the relative abundances of multiply charged recoil ions increase. However, for high-charge-state projectiles, the relative fractions of recoil ions for concomitant electron capture and ionization are found to be independent of projectile charge or species. To interpret the data, classical trajectory Monte Carlo calculations have been made assuming the applicability …