Electron emission from clean gold bombarded by slow Auq+ (q=1–3) ions

Abstract
Total electron yields for impact of slow singly, doubly, and triply charged gold ions on a clean polycrystalline gold surface have been precisely determined via current measurements for incident ions and emitted electrons. Results of this study are of relevance for a proposed method to establish a new mass standard by determining atomic mass via accumulation of ions to amounts that can be weighed with high accuracy.