Depth Profiles Deu to Big Cluster Impacts

Y.Yamamura and T.Muramoto

Cluster ion
The depth profiles of big cluster impacts on amorphous targets have been investigated by using the time-evolution Monte Carlo simulation code DYACAT, where (Ag)n clusters of 200 eV/atom are bombarded on an Al target (n being 1 to 500). It is found that the recoil Al atom clears the way for the aftercoming cluster and that the projected range of (Ag)500 cluster is about four times larger than that of the monoatomic ion.

Phys.Rev.Lett.

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