Incident ion energy dependence of the secondary photon emission of ion bombarded beryllium

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Abstract
Secondary photon emission due to ion bombardment of Be metal foil by 200–3000 eV Kr+, Ar+, Ne+, O+2, and N+2 was studied and the emission yield from four Be (I) and one Be (II) transitions as a function of incident ion energy was interpreted in terms of relevant excitation processes. A model based on a velocity dependent excitation process, the random linear collision cascade theory of sputtering; and making allowance for nonradiative de‐excitation of the excited sputtered atoms and/or ions, accounted for the observed energy dependent emission yields. The results of this model indicate that the secondary photon emission yield, Yexi(vm), of a given emission line, i, can be expressed as Yexi (vm) α J(μamp/cm2) S(no./ion) exp[−(A/a)i/vm], where J is the incident ion current density, S the sputtering yield; vm is the velocity corresponding to the maximum transferred energy between the incident ion of energy E1, mass M1, and the target atom of mass M2, i.e., vm=[8M1E1/(M1 +M2)2]1/2; (A/a)i is the effective nonradiative de‐excitation parameter for state i. Values for the (A/a)i parameters were found to be 1–3×107 cm/sec for the Be (I) and Be (II) states; a decrease to 5–7×106 cm/sec upon O+2 bombardment was observed for the Be (I) states, while the value for the Be (II) state did not change.