Published July 1982 | Version v1
Journal article

delta electrons and continuous x rays in heavy-ion--atom collisions

  • 1. Sektion Physik, Universitaet Muenchen, D-8046 Garching, West Germany

Description

Doubly-differential cross sections have been measured for the production of 10--70-keV delta electrons and approx.10--50-keV continuum x rays generated in collisions between 65-MeV nickel ions and nickel foil targets. The data on delta electrons have been used to calculate corresponding yields of secondary-electron bremsstrahlung (SEB) including retardation effects. Magnitude, energy and angular dependence of resulting SEB yields are discussed in detail. It is concluded that SEB contributions do not dominate experimental continuous x-ray spectra

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Journal Title
Phys. Rev., A
Journal Volume
26
Journal Issue
1
Series
Phys. Rev., A.
Journal Page Range
72-76
ISSN
0556-2791