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