Published September 7, 2000 | Version v1
Journal article

Doubly-charged ions from liquid metal alloy ion sources: direct field-evaporation or post-ionization?

  • 1. University of Athens, Physics Department, Section of Solid State Physics, Athens (Greece)
  • 2. Research Centre Rossendorf Inc., Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Dresden (Germany)

Description

We investigate the temperature dependence of the mass spectrum of the ion beam emitted by an Au77Ge14Si9 liquid metal alloy ion source. Our results strongly point towards the co-existence of two mechanisms for the emission of doubly-charged monomer ions: direct field evaporation and post-ionization. (author)

Availability note (English)

Available online at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. D, Applied Physics (ISSN 1361-6463) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. D, Applied Physics
Journal Volume
33
Journal Issue
17
Journal Page Range
p. L86-L89
ISSN
0022-3727

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
33045681
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Descriptors DEI
GERMANIUM; GOLD; INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; ION BEAMS; ION EMISSION; ION SOURCES; LIQUID METALS; MASS SPECTRA; SILICON; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
Descriptors DEC
ALLOYS; BEAMS; ELEMENTS; EMISSION; FLUIDS; LIQUIDS; METALS; SEMIMETALS; SPECTRA; TRANSITION ELEMENTS