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Plasmon excitation and electron promotion in the interaction of slow Na ions with Al surfaces |
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| Authors: | M. Commisso A. Bonanno A. Oliva M. Camarca F. Xu P. Riccardi R.A. Baragiola |
| Affiliation: | aLaboratorio IIS, Università della Calabria and INFM – Unità di Cosenza, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza, Italy bLaboratory for Atomic and Surface Physics, University of Virginia, Engineering Physics, Thornton Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA |
| Abstract: | We studied the energy distributions of electrons emitted in the interaction of slow Na+ ions with polycrystalline Al surfaces. To study sub-threshold plasmon excitation we performed measurements as a function of emission angle which showed the excitation of bulk plasmons, confirming the kinetic nature of the excitation process. Electron spectra show narrow transition lines due to Auger decay in vacuum of sodium projectiles excited in the 2p-shell by electron promotion in collisions with Al target atoms. Several previously unidentified transition lines could be attributed to the autoionization of doubly excited projectiles. |
| Keywords: | Ion-surface impact Ion scattering from surfaces Secondary electron emission Plasmons Auger electron emission |
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