Multiple scattering of heavy ions of keV energies transmitted through thin, polycrystalline gold foils

Abstract

Abstract This paper describes experimental studies of the multiple scattering of 14 different heavy ions with 1≤Z 1≤18 in the energy range 300–1000 keV, transmitted through thin (500 Å−1500 Å) polycrystalline gold films. The experimental data are compared with calculations of the multiple scattering using the Thomas-Fermi potential. Rather large deviations from theoretical predictions are found, in contrast to the case for lighter targets.