High-Energy Ion-Atom Collisions

High-energy ion-atom collisions are studied intensively for a better understanding of atomic and molecular interactions. The thoroughly refereed survey articles reflect the present state of the art.

Inhalt
Welcome.- Newly appreciated roles for electrons in ion-atom collisions.- Electron capture, electron loss and the cusp.- Coincidence measurements of electron capture and loss in ion-atom collisions.- Electron capture to the continuum.- The possible role of the negative ion resonances in cuspology.- Testing the series expansion method used for studying the 'cusp' spectra.- Zp- and q-dependence of 0° binary encounter electrons in 12 MeV/u collisions of ions with H2 and He targets.- Two-center effects in ion-atom collisions.- New aspects of simultaneous projectile and target ionization in H0 (0.5MeV/1.0MeV) ? He collisions.- Two-center effects in the ionization of Ne by H+ and 3He2+ impact at intermediate energies.- Resonant recombination in ion-atom collisions.- Production of autoionizing states of fast charged particles by double electron capture.- Evidence for resonant double electron capture and single excitation in Ge31+ ? Ne collisions.- Capture with ionisation in proton-helium collisions.- Two-electron processes in projectile-H2 collisions.- The energy dependence of the double ionization cross section of helium at high energies.- Interference and correlation in energetic ion-atom collisions: The role of dielectronic processes.- Electron correlation in high energy ion-atom collisions.- Orientation propensity in electron capture by multiply charged ions.- Collisions of antiparticles with atoms.- Charge asymmetry effects in polarization characteristics of excitation of atoms by fast protons and antiprotons.- Electronic excitations in fast ion-solid collisions.- Charge exchange processes of high energy heavy ions channeled in crystals.- The development of projectile excitation during ion-solid collisions observed through convoy electron emission.- Convoyand Rydberg electrons in ion-solid collisions.- Fast-ion Rydberg state production in carbon foils.- Review of some aspects of multiply ionizing collisions involving heavy ion projectiles.- Multiple ionisation in ion-atom collisions investigated by recoil ion momentum spectroscopy.- Multiple electron capture in fast ion-atom collisions.- Multielectron processes.- Coherence studies of atomic collisions.- Collisions and half collisons in strong electromagnetic fields.- Search for an alignment in double capture processes between multicharged ions and helium below 8 keV/amu.- Influence of rotating electron wave functions on l-shell ionization and alignment.- Rearrangement of electronic states of heavy ions passing through solid targets.- Muonic atom atom collision processes.- Concluding remarks.