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Published on: March 29, 2016
Apparent velocity threshold in the electronic stopping of slow hydrogen ions in LiF
M Draxler1, S P Chenakin, S N Markin
1Institut für Experimentalphysik, Johannes-Kepler Universität, Altenbergerstr. 69, A-4040 Linz, Austria.
Abstract:
The electronic energy loss of hydrogen ions (protons and deuterons) in thin supported films of LiF has been studied in backscattering geometry for specific energies from 700 eV/u to 700 keV/u, using Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy and time-of-flight low-energy ion scattering spectroscopy. For specific energies below 8 keV/u, our data confirm velocity proportionality for the stopping cross section epsilon (like in a metal) down to 3.8 keV/u, as observed previously for protons and antiprotons despite the large band gap (14 eV) of LiF. Below 3.8 keV/u, the present results indicate an apparent velocity threshold at about 0.1 a.u. for the onset of electronic stopping.
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