Heavy-ion-induced desorption yields of cryogenic surfaces bombarded with 1.4  MeV/u xenon ions

Abstract

Heavy-ion-induced desorption of two different cryogenic targets was studied with a new experimental setup installed at the GSI High Charge State Injector. One gold-coated and one amorphous-carbon-coated copper target, bombarded under perpendicular impact with 1.4 MeV/u Xe^{18+} ions, were tested. Partial pressure rises of H_{2}, CO, CO_{2}, and CH_{4} and effective desorption yields were measured at 300, 77, and 8 K using continuous heavy-ion bombardment. We found that the desorption yields decrease with decreasing target temperature and measured the yield rises as a function of CO gas cryosorbed at 8 K. In this paper we describe the experimental system comprising a new cryogenic target assembly, the preparation of the targets, the test procedure, and the evaluation of the effective pumping speed of the setup. Pressure rise and gas adsorption experiments are described; the obtained results are discussed and compared with literature data.