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Investigation of slow collisions for (quasi) symmetric heavy systems: what can be extracted from high resolution X-ray spectra
We present a new experiment on (quasi) symmetric collision systems at
low-velocity, namely Ar ions ( a.u.) on gaseous Ar and N
targets, using low- and high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy. Thanks to an
accurate efficiency calibration of the spectrometers, we extract absolute X-ray
emission cross sections combining low-resolution X-ray spectroscopy and a
complete determination of the ion beam - gas jet target overlap. Values with
improved uncertainty are found in agreement with previous results
\cite{Tawara2001}. Resolving the whole He-like Ar Lyman series from
to 10 with our crystal spectrometer enables to determine precisely the
distribution of the electron capture probability and the
preferential level of the selective single-electron capture.
Evaluation of cross sections for this process as well as for the contribution
of multiple-capture is carried out. Their sensitivity to the
-distribution of levels populated by single-electron capture is
clearly demonstrated, providing a stringent benchmark for theories. In
addition, the hardness ratio is extracted and the influence of the decay of the
metastable state on this ratio is discussed