Resonant Charge Exchange Studies with Hyperthermal Energy Ion Beams: Development of Multi-Detection Capabilities and a data acquisition System

Abstract

The overall research program described in this report is to investigate the interactions of hyperthermal (10-100 eV) and keV ions with clean and adsorbate-covered metal surfaces. Particular emphasis is placed on the study of ion-surface charge exchange processes. Progress in instrumentation includes: completion of the general apparatus, the successful production of low phase-space alkali and noble gas beams ranging in energy from about 10 eV to several keV, completion of two hemispherical analyzers for detecting scattered ions (one with high-resolution capabilities, the other for large angle scattering studies) , design details of the position-sensitive pulse-counting detectors for multi-energy detection, and the configuration of a Macintosh II-based data acquisition system. Scientific progress includes: measurements of 50 eV to 4keV alkali scattering from clean and cesiated Cu(110), simulations using Hartree-Fock pair potentials that give good agreement with the 100 to 400 eV Na(+) scattering from Cu(110), trajectory analysis to identify peaks in the Na(+) energy spectra, measurements of charge transfer probabilities for alkalis scattered from (Cu(110)) with low coverages (<1/10 monolayer) of Cs adsorbates, and ongoing development of a model that includes both local and collective effects of the Cs overlayers in determining charge transfer probabilities. Keywords: Hyperthermal Energy Ion Beams; Resonant Charge Exchange; Ion Scattering Instrumentation; Multi-Channel Electrostatic Detectors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 29, 1988
Accession Number
ADA201236

Entities

People

  • Barbara H. Cooper

Organizations

  • Cornell Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Adsorbates
  • Analyzers
  • Charge Transfer
  • Data Acquisition
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Diffraction
  • Electron Multipliers
  • Electrostatic Analyzers
  • High Resolution
  • Instrumentation
  • Scattering
  • Simulations
  • Solid State Physics
  • Spectra
  • Trajectories

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Solar Physics
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster