We report unprecedented transmission experiments of 3 keV Ne7+ ions through capillaries of 100 nm diameter and 10 microm length produced by etching ion tracks in a polymer foil. We studied foils tilted up to +/-20 degrees for which the incident ions are forced to interact with the capillary surface. Surprisingly, the majority of Ne7+ ions were found to survive the surface scattering events in their initial charge state. The angular distributions of the transmitted particles indicate propagation of the Ne7+ ions along the capillary axis. This capillary guiding of the Ne7+ ion provides evidence that the inner walls of the capillaries become charged and electron capture from the surface is suppressed in a self-organizing process.
The existence of Young-type interference patterns, recently measured ͓N. Stolterfoht et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 023201 ͑2001͔͒ in double-differential cross sections for single-electron ionization of H 2 molecules by ion impact, is theoretically supported by calculations obtained using a molecular distorted-wave model introduced here. The importance of adequately describing the target as a molecule is emphasized. The contributions from direct and interference terms are separated.
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