Abstract
Absolute triple-differential probabilities for the emission of δ electrons in the near-symmetric collision system 10-MeV Fq++Ne, for q=6,8, and 9, have been measured as a function of the impact parameter, the δ-electron energy, and the δ-electron emission angle. The impact-parameter dependence of these probabilities features for all observed collision systems, electron energies, and emission angles a sharp rise to a constant maximum at about 1.5 times the neon K-shell radius rK and fall off for impact parameters b>rK somewhat exponentially with increasing electron energy. For an electron emission at 52.5° with respect to the beam axis this energy dependence is distorted by the occurrence of a binary-encounter peak. The δ-electron emission probabilities show a strong asymmetry for electrons emitted in forward beam direction. A comparison of the experimental data obtained in 10-MeV F9+ + Ne at an electron emission angle of 90° with a recent semiclassical-approximation-type calculation shows discrepancies in both the impact-parameter dependence and in magnitude of the emission probabilities. However, the energy dependence is reproduced reasonably well in this model.