"Instantaneous" Charges of Recoils from Nuclear Scattering

R. L. Wolke; R. A. Sorbo; M. A. Volkar; S. Gangadharan; E. V. Mason, Jr

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.27.1449

"Instantaneous" Charges of Recoils from Nuclear Scattering

R. L. Wolke, R. A. Sorbo, M. A. Volkar, S. Gangadharan, and E. V. Mason, Jr.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 27, 1449 – Published 22 November 1971

Abstract

The distribution of ionic charges has been measured for ${}^{12}C$ recoils from the elastic scattering of 10-MeV deuterons in carbon targets down to a thickness of 0.3 μg/ ${cm}^{2}$ . The charge distribution from the thinner targets is distinctly nonequilibrium, indicating that "instantaneous" effects of the atomic and nuclear processes which produced the recoils are being observed, unmodified by electron-exchanging interactions with matter.

Received 30 September 1971

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.27.1449

Authors & Affiliations

R. L. Wolke, R. A. Sorbo^*, M. A. Volkar^†, S. Gangadharan^‡, and E. V. Mason, Jr.

Wherrett Laboratory of Nuclear Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213

^*Present address: 141 Kennedy Road North, Brampton, Ont., Canada.
^†Present address: Department of Chemistry, Allegheny Community College, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15212.
^‡Present address: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Bombay, India.