Abstract
A method of extracting electron-ion elastic scattering cross sections from ion-atom collisions has been developed. By analyzing the binary encounter electron (BEe) production in energetic ion-atom collisions, which is due to loosely bound target electrons ionized through direct, hard collisions with the projectile ions, differential cross sections of electrons elastic scattered from highly charged ions are derived for a broad range of scattering angles. The cross sections are observed to deviate strongly from the Rutherford cross sections, and immediately yielded an electron diffraction in angular distribution of elastically scattered electrons. Experimental data are compared with a partial-wave treatment using the Hartee-Fock model.
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