Slow collisions of multicharged ions with metal surfaces

Some recent experimental results in the area of multicharged ion-surface interactions are summarized. Discussed are measurements of projectile K-Auger electron emission during interactions of hydrogen-like multicharged ions with clean and cesiated metal surfaces, measurements of total electron yields for various multicharged ions incident on metal targets, and measurements of projectile angular scattering during grazing metal surface collisions. The various experimental results are presented to illustrate progress in the understanding of multicharged ion-surface interactions in the area of above- vs. sub-surface neutralization and relaxation processes, as well as to identify certain aspects of such interactions where the picture is as yet still incomplete. copyright 1995 American Institute of Physics