First Direct Observation of Coulomb Explosion during the Formation of Exotic Atoms
- 15 May 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 84 (20) , 4573-4576
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.84.4573
Abstract
A Doppler broadening of x-ray transitions from pionic nitrogen and muonic oxygen, which is attributed to Coulomb explosion of the molecules, has been observed by using a crystal spectrometer. Large linewidths indicate fast ionization of the molecules and a charge of for the accelerated fragments.
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