Detection of sputtered and evaporated carbon aggregates: Relative and absolute electron ionization fragmentation yields

C. Mair, H. Deutsch, K. Becker, T. D. Märk, E. Vietzke

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Abstract

The present study is a first attempt to determine electron impact ionization efficiencies for C2 and C3. A novel method has been applied to obtain the partial cross-section values for the reactions C2+e→C+, C2+e→C2+ and C3+e→C+, C3+e→C2+ and C3+e→C3+. The neutral target consisting of C, C2 and C3 is produced by thermal evaporation from a heated graphite sample and the neutral precursors in the subsequent ionization process can be distinguished by their different flight-time distributions acquired in the evaporation process. The partial ionization cross-section ratios obtained in this experiment have been calibrated with calculated absolute total ionization cross section curves of C2 and C3 using the Deutsch-Mark (DM) formalism.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)291-294
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Nuclear Materials
Volume290-293
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2001

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • General Materials Science
  • Nuclear Energy and Engineering

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