Longitudinal Recoil Ion momentum distributions for proton-argon ionizing collisions at intermediate energies

Abstract

Proton-argon ionizing collisions at intermediate energies are studied by means of the classical trajectory Monte Carlo method (CTMC). In particular, we focus on the longitudinal and transverse recoil momentum distributions for the process. We compare the profile of the longitudinal momentum distribution at the abrupt rise region corresponding to the electron capture to the continuum (ECC) processes, with those obtained for simpler targets like H and He. Selected subsets of the data show that the recoiling multielectronic ion plays a major role in the low energy electron emission, influencing the angular asymmetry of the electronic emission.