Absolute cross section for electron emission from uracil upon ion collision using velocity map imaging technique

Abstract

Synopsis Ion-induced electron emission from RNA base uracil has been measured using a newly developed experimental set-up based on velocity map imaging (VMI) technique. Electrons emitted in a solid angle of 4π steradians are extracted and analyzed in energy and angle by the multi-electrodes VMI spectrometer. By monitoring the target density, the projectile ion beam intensity and the beams overlap with the use of a quartz crystal micro balance and an ion beam profiler, we were able to estimate absolute singly- and doubly-differential cross sections for electron emission.