Electron Capture and Fragmentation at Ar6+–C60 Collisions

Mass/charge spectra of recoil ionic fragments formed in collisions of C60 molecules with keV‐energy Ar6+ projectile ions were studied using registration of the fragments in coincidence with the projectile captured certain number of electrons s at the same single collision. Different channels of the fragmentation accompanied by additional ionization were observed. The degree of fragmentation is caused mainly by electronic excitation transferred predominantly to C60 at the electron capture and increases with s value from 1 to 6.