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"Highly charged ions are the most chemically reactive species known to mankind. This reactivity is due to the extremely large potential energy they posses. This textbook deals with the wide range of interactions which occur when such ions interact with other forms of matter, especially solid surfaces and gasses. Particular emphasis is placed on situations where the kinetic energy associated with the interactions is small so that the effects of the high potential energy are most apparent. Experimental and theoretical techniques of investigation are covered in addition to the findings they produce.
The treatment aims to be instructive to the beginner while leading on to a level where the newest findings are reviewed. As such the text is suitable for final year undergraduates, postgraduates or experienced researchers. "
List of contents
I Interactions with Surfaces and Clusters.- 1 Inelastic Interaction of Slow Ions with Clean Solid Surfaces.- 2 Interaction of Slow Highly Charged Ions with Surfaces.- 3 Interaction of Hollow Atoms with Surfaces.- 4 Interactions of Highly Charged Ions with C60 and Surfaces.- II Interactions with Gaseous Targets.- 5 Photon Emission Spectroscopy of Electron Capture and Excitation.- 6 Low Energy Electron Capture Measurements using Merged Beams.- 7 Application of The Beam Guide Technique to Low Energy Collision Experiments.- 8 Theoretical Description of Low Energy Collisions.- 9 Quantum Dynamics of Ion-Atom Collisions.- 10 State-selective Electron Capture by Translational Energy Spectrometry.- 11 Ionization and Excitation of Atomic Li by Fast Ions.- 12 Ion-Ion Collisions.
Summary
Highly charged ions are the most chemically reactive species known to mankind. This reactivity is due to the extremely large potential energy they posses. This textbook deals with the wide range of interactions which occur when such ions interact with other forms of matter, especially solid surfaces and gasses. Particular emphasis is placed on situations where the kinetic energy associated with the interactions is small so that the effects of the high potential energy are most apparent. Experimental and theoretical techniques of investigation are covered in addition to the findings they produce.
The treatment aims to be instructive to the beginner while leading on to a level where the newest findings are reviewed. As such the text is suitable for final year undergraduates, postgraduates or experienced researchers.
