Direct Formation of Quasimolecular <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mn>1</mn><mi>s</mi><mi>σ</mi></math></span> Vacancies in Uranium-Uranium Collisions

Wilfried Betz; Gerhard Soff; Berndt Müller; Walter Greiner

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.37.1046

Direct Formation of Quasimolecular $1 s σ$ Vacancies in Uranium-Uranium Collisions

Wilfried Betz, Gerhard Soff, Berndt Müller, and Walter Greiner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 37, 1046 – Published 18 October 1976

Abstract

The direct (Coulomb) formation of electron vacancies in the $1 s σ$ state of superheavy quasimolecules is investigated for the first time. Its dependence on the impact parameter, projectile energy, and its contribution from excitations into the continum and higher bound states are determined.