Role of Auger-type emission from diatomic molecular targets interacting with fast multicharged ions

C. A. TACHINO; M. E. GALASSI; R. D. RIVAROLA

PHYSICAL REVIEW A - ATOMIC, MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS

AMER PHYSICAL SOC

Lugar: New York; Año: 2009 vol. 80 p. 147011 - 147013

1050-2947

Multiple electron emission in collisions between bare multiply charged ions and diatomic molecules is studied. The role played by Auger-type emission in cross sections for fixed number of ejected electrons is investigated. It is shown that this postcollisional reaction gives the main contribution to these cross sections at high enough impact velocities. This behavior is accentuated as the ionization degree increases.