Inner-Shell Ionization Induced by Nuclear Coulomb Excitation in Collisions of Very Heavy Ions

Gerhard Soff, Volker Oberacker, and Walter Greiner
Phys. Rev. Lett. 41, 1167 – Published 23 October 1978
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Abstract

K- and L-shell ionization of U238 with Xe and U projectiles is investigated. Internal conversion following nuclear Coulomb excitation which is particularly important for deformed heavy nuclei is compared with direct ionization of inner-shell electrons in superheavy quasimolecules. Both processes exhibit different impact-parameter dependences. As a result of internal conversion, about 0.1-0.3 K holes per central collision are created.

  • Received 19 June 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.41.1167

©1978 American Physical Society

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Gerhard Soff

  • Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, 6100 Darmstadt, Germany

Volker Oberacker and Walter Greiner

  • Institut für Theoretische Physik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, 6000 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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Vol. 41, Iss. 17 — 23 October 1978

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