Coulomb explosion patterns of fast C60 clusters in solids
The molecular dynamics method is used to simulate Coulomb explosion of fast C60 ion clusters in an Al target, taking into account dynamical screening of interionic interactions by the electron gas of the target. It is found that the wake forces in the medium are strong enough, depending on cluster speed, to stabilize the whole cluster against Coulomb explosion, or to compress the trailing part of the cluster, for prolonged times of penetration through the target. This is encouraging news for such cluster-ion beams applications where massive energy depositions in small volumes of targets are desired.
Wang
YN
The State Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Electron, and Ion Beams, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116023, People's Republic of China.
Qiu
HT
Miskovic
ZL