PLASMON MECHANISM FOR THE ENERGY-LOSS, DISSOCIATION, AND ORIENTATION OF FAST IONS EXCITED BY SURFACE-GRAZING COLLISIONS

被引:15
作者
LUCAS, AA [1 ]
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[1] IBM CORP,THOMAS J WATSON RES CTR,YORKTOWN HTS,NY 10598
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.43.1350
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
An interaction mechanism is proposed for the inelastic, grazing-incidence scattering of fast ions by metal surfaces which involves coupling of the ion multipoles with surface plasmons. The monopole-plasmon coupling governs the energy-loss spectrum, whereas the higher-multipole interactions raise the ion into electronic excited states. The proposed mechanism is very efficient in dissociating unstable excited molecular ions and in producing atomic excited states with a high degree of orientation. © 1979 The American Physical Society.
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