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We experimentally studied the dissociation dynamics of a highly charged Ar3 cluster initiated by a high-energy electron. The dissociation patterns of the correlated ions from a two-body and a three-body Coulombic explosion (CE) of (Ar3)2+ suggest that predissociation alters the evolution of radiative charge transfer. The three-body CE in (Ar3)4+ and (Ar3)5+ is driven, after double ionization of one constituent Ar atom, by single ionization with a simultaneous interatomic Coulombic decay process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Electron emissions are studied for the double-electron capture with simultaneous single ionization process in 30 keV/u He2+-Ar atom collision using the reaction microscope technique. Double-differential cross sections have been obtained for emission angles of 0°, 20°, 45°, 90°, 128°, and 175° and electron energies ranging from 0 to 80 eV. No cusp-shaped electrons centered at a speed equal to that of the incident projectile in the forward direction are observed, which is contrary to the earlier results [D. Fregenal, J. Fiol, G. Bernardi, S. Suarez, P. Focke, A. D. Gonzalez, A. Muthig, T. Jalowy, K. O. Groeneveld, and H. Luna, Phys. Rev. A 62, 012703 (2000)]. An explanation has been provided to clarify the observed results in the current reaction channel. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We measured the kinetic energy distributions of the fragment ions of doubly and quadruply ionized argon dimers using 3000 eV electron impact. For the dissociation of (Ar2)2+, the peak that indicates radiative charge transfer is observed, where the outer-shell ionization (dominant in highly charged ion collision) and the inner-shell ionization (preferential in x-ray experiments) have approximately equal contributions. For the dissociation of (Ar2)4+, the interatomic Coulombic decay and electron-transfer-mediated decay are first observed in the electron-impact process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Electron emission occurring in transfer ionization for He2+ collisions with argon has been investigated using cold target recoil ion momentum spectroscopy. The double differential cross sections for electron capture to the continuum of the projectile (cusp-shaped electrons) are presented for collision energies from 17.5 to 75 keV/u. For an energy of 30 keV/u, we find a maximum in the experimental ratio of the cusp-shaped electron yield to the total electron yield. This result is explained in terms of the velocity matching between the projectile ion and the electron initially bound to the target. One of the important issues for double electron transitions is the role of electron-electron correlation. If this correlation is weak, then the transfer-ionization process can be viewed as two separate sequential processes. If this correlation is strong, then the transfer-ionization process would happen simultaneously and not sequentially. Our experimental and theoretical results indicate that correlation is weak and that the first step is target ionization followed by charge capture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]