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Doubly differential electron velocity spectra induced by 36Ar18 + (95 MeV/u) from thin target foils (C, Ni, Ag, Au) were measured at GANIL (Caen, France) by means of the ARGOS multidetector and the time-of-flight technique. The main features observed in the forward spectra are convoy electrons, binary-encounter electrons, and (for the Au target only) a high-velocity tail which we attribute to a “Fermi shuttle” acceleration mechanism. Backward spectra do not show distinct structures. The spectra allow us to determine absolute singly differential cross-sections as a function of the target material and the emission angle. The convoy electron yield increases with the target atomic number, but for C their yield is so small that our experiment is not able to detect them. Absolute doubly differential cross-sections for binary-encounter electron ejection from C targets are well described by a transport theory which is based on the relativistic electron impact approximation (EIA) for electron production and which accounts for angular deflection, energy loss and energy straggling of the transmitted electrons.
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Received: 1 July 2003, Revised: 15 December 2003, Published online: 13 July 2004
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34.50.Fa Electronic excitation and ionization of atoms (including beam-foil excitation and ionization) - 79.20.Rf Atomic, molecular, and ion beam impact and interactions with surfaces - 25.70.-z Low and intermediate energy heavy-ion reactions
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De Filippo, E., Lanzanó, G., Rothard, H. et al. Fast-electron ejection from C, Ni, Ag and Au foils by 36 Ar 18 + (95 MeV/u): Measurements of absolute cross-sections. Eur. Phys. J. A 21, 169–174 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2003-10191-2
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