Cross sections for energetic heavy-ion impact on protonated water clusters

• DOI: 10.1007/s00340-013-5693-x
• Publication Date: 2013-10-29T05:52:11Z
• Authors: Alexander von Zas...; Rico Otto; Sébastien Jézouin; Jonathan Brox; Martin Stei; Olmo González-Magaña; Geert Reitsma; Thomas Schlathölter; Ronnie Hoekstra; Thorsten Best; Roland Wester
• Keywords: Trap (plumbing); Heavy water

Energetic impact of multiple ionized oxygen on protonated water clusters in the range of eight to twenty-one water molecules is investigated on the ZERNIKE-LEIF facility. The target water clusters are stored in a Paul trap and thermalized by cold buffer gas. This well-controlled approach allows for a direct measurement of the total inelastic cross section leading to trap-loss processes of the target ions.