
%0 Journal Article
%A Bridwell, LB 
%A Hay, HJ 
%A Pender, LF 
%A Sofield, CJ 
%A Treacy, PB 
%T Excitation of Swift Heavy Ions in Foil Targets. IV. Preequilibrium Energy Losses and Mean Charge States
%J Australian Journal of Physics
%D 1988/10/01
%V 41
%N 5
%P 681-692
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/PH880681
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/PH880681 
%X Studies have been made of the approach to energy-loss and charge-state equilibrium of initially pure charge states of ions, transmitted through thin carbon targets. Ions of Li, F and C1 at 3 MeV per AMU were used. Detailed observations were made of outgoing energy losses and charge-state distributions, for outgoing charges equal to those ingoing. A Monte Carlo analysis is made of the charge changing processes, which allows calculation of energy losses due to projectile charge exchange. The residual electronic target-ionisation loss is analysed to predict in-target charge states of the projectile ions. Using these, a comparison is made between the in-target effective charge for target ionisation, and the averaged ionic charge which fits charge-exchange data. 
