The ORNL Multicharged Ion Research Facility (MIRF)

Electron-Ion Crossed-Beams

• Ionization of atomic ions by electron-impact
• Dissociation and ionization of molecular ions by electron-impact
• Determination of excited state populations in ion beams

• Chemical sputtering of surfaces by low-energy ions
• Neutralization of highly-charged ions in interactions with conducting and insulating crystals
• Charge-state distributions of scattered ions and neutrals

• Electron impact excitation of atomic ions
• Dielectronic recombination of atomic ions
• Dissociative recombination of heavy molecular ions

• Charge exchange between neutral atoms and molecules and atomic and molecular ions
• Very low relative velocities for heavy projectiles
• Excited state distributions

• Molecular dissociation
• Highly charged ion neutralization during large angle projectile scattering
• Projectile excited state characterization

• Molecular dissociation during grazing surface interactions
• Scattering in nanotubes
• Neutralization of highly charged ions
• Negative ion formation

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Rev: Feb-2007 design: by H.J. You - updated by E. Galutschek