Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010apj...708..435p&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 708, Issue 1, pp. 435-444 (2010).
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Atomic Processes, Ism: Molecules, Molecular Data, Molecular Processes
Scientific paper
The interaction of keV ions with polyaromatic hydrocarbons is dominated by charge exchange and electronic stopping. We have studied the response of the polyaromatic hydrocarbon anthracene (C14H10) upon keV H+ and He2+ impact using high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Extensive fragmentation into small C n H q+ m as well as formation of up to triply charged parent ions is observed. Ab initio electron densities are used to calculate the molecular excitation due to electronic stopping. Fragment yields increase with the increase of electronic stopping as a function of projectile velocity. For equal electronic stopping, He2+ is found to induce more fragmentation than H+. The difference in fragmentation is concluded to be due to two electron processes, which are relevant channels only for He2+.
Bari S.
Hoekstra Roel
Postma J.
Schlathölter T.
Tielens Alexander G. G. M.
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