A Measurement of the Ionization Cross-Section of Helium Ions by Electron Impact

An apparatus, based on the crossed-beam principle, is described for measuring the ionization cross-section of ions by electron impact. The cross-section for the reaction He+ + e → He2+ + 2e is determined from the threshold at 54.4 to 1000 eV. The results are compared with the ionization cross-sectio...

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Published in:Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and physical sciences Mathematical and physical sciences, 1961-11, Vol.264 (1318), p.367-378
Main Authors: Dolder, K. T., Harrison, M. F. A., Thonemann, P. C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ATOMS
COULOMB FIELD
CROSS SECTIONS
Electric current
Electrodes
ELECTRON BEAMS
Electron energy
Electron impact
ELECTRONS
ENERGY
ENERGY RANGE
ERRORS
Guns
HELIUM
HYDROGEN
INSTRUMENTS
Ion beams
Ion currents
IONIZATION
IONS
MEASURED VALUES
PHYSICS
PLANNING
TARGETS
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Summary:An apparatus, based on the crossed-beam principle, is described for measuring the ionization cross-section of ions by electron impact. The cross-section for the reaction He+ + e → He2+ + 2e is determined from the threshold at 54.4 to 1000 eV. The results are compared with the ionization cross-section of atomic hydrogen and with theory. The He+ cross-section, when scaled by the appropriate factor, is very similar to that of atomic hydrogen but increases more rapidly in the neighbourhood of the threshold. At the highest electron energies the cross-section agrees well with that predicted by the Coulomb-Born approximation but is considerably lower at the cross-section maximum. For electron energies above 150 eV the error in the measurement is estimated to be less than ± 10% .
ISSN:1364-5021
0080-4630
1471-2946
2053-9169
DOI:10.1098/rspa.1961.0205