First direct observation of coulomb explosion during the formation of exotic atoms
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 (3-4)e for the accelerated fragments.
Siems
T
Institut fur Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Julich, D-52425 Julich, Germany.
Anagnostopoulos
DF
Borchert
G
Gotta
D
Hauser
P
Kirch
K
Simons
LM
El-Khoury
P
Indelicato
P
Augsburger
M
Chatellard
D
Egger
J