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Highly charged ion impact on uracil: Cross sections measurements and scaling

A. N. Agnihotri*1, S. Kasthurirangan**, C. Champion†, R. D. Rivarola†† and L. C. Tribedi*2

*
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, 400005, India
**
Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, 400019, India
†
Université Bordeaux 1, CNRS/IN2P3, CENBG, Chemin du Solarium, BP120, 33175 Gradignan, France
††
Laboratorio de Colisiones Atόmicas, Instituto de Física Rosario, 2000 Rosario, Argentina

Synopsis Absolute total ionization cross sections (TCS) of uracil in collisions with highly charge C, O and F ions are meas-
ured. The scaling properties of cross sections are obtained as a function of projectile charge state and energy. The measure-
ments are compared with the CDW-EIS, CB1 and CTMC calculations. The absolute double differential cross sections
(DDCS) of secondary electron emission from uracil in collisions with bare MeV energy C and O ions are also measured.
Large enhancement in forward emission is observed.

The collision of highly charged ions with
large molecules is an area of growing interest.
These studies provide insight on fundamental
many body interactions. Uracil (C4H4N2O2) is a
nucleobase of RNA. In the hadron therapy, the
ion looses energy continuously and therefore
the detail study of the collision products over
wide energy range is necessary.
We have measured total cross sections of
uracil in collisions with keV to MeV energy
highly charged ions [1-3]. The ions were pro-
duced in ECRIA (keV) [4] and Pelletron (MeV)
accelerators. Uracil powder was heated in an
oven. Flow rate of the molecules was monitored
in situ. Collision products were analyzed by a
recoil ion time-of-flight mass spectrometer in
coincidence with ejected electrons. In low ener-
gy region (keV), the cross sections increase
with projectile energy and then fall sharply in
MeV energy range. The measurements were
compared with the CDW-EIS, CB1 and CTMC-
COB models. The comparisons show a qualita-
tive agreement in the MeV energy range. The
cross sections were found to be independent of
projectile nuclear charge.
The scaling properties of the cross sections
with projectile charge states (q p) and energy
(Ep) can be very useful for radiation damage
calculations. Scaling was obtained for MeV en-
ergy ions. The cross sections were found to be
scaling with q~1.5 and E(-0.75) [5].
Heavy ion impact causes severe damage to
DNA and RNA bases inducing the single and
double strand break. The secondary electrons
produced in these interactions (also known as -
electrons) are the major source of damage. A
quantitative study of such electrons produced is
necessary to understand the microscopic details
of the secondary electron emission.
We have studied secondary electron emis-
sion from uracil, in collision bare carbon and
oxygen ions with MeV energy [6]. The low en-
ergy electron spectroscopy is a challenging task.
We have measured the absolute e - DDCS of
uracil between 10-600 eV, in an angular range
of 30o – 150o in steps of 15o. A hemispherical
electrostatic analyzer setup was used.
The e-DDCS falls sharply with the electron
energy making the contribution of the low ener-
gy electrons dominant in the secondary electron
emission. For low energy electrons the angular
distribution of e-DDCS shows that the cross
sections are much higher in the forward angles
in comparison to backward angles. The angular
distributions are compared with that of the
small molecule O2 [6].
The experimental measurements are com-
pared with the quantum mechanical CDW-EIS
model. The sharp fall is although qualitatively
reproduced. Given the complexity of the mole-
cule, the comparisons of the absolute values as
well as the trends are encouraging. However the
discrepancies are observed in angular distribu-
tions. The details will be presented.
References
[1] A N Agnihotri et al. 2012 Phys. Rev. A 85 032711
[2] L C Tribedi et al. 2012 Eur. Phys. J. D 66: 303
[3] C Champion et al. 2012 JPCS 373 012004
[4] A N Agnihotri et al. 2011 Phys. Scr. T144 014038
[5] A N Agnihotri et al. J. Phys. B (Submitted)
[6] A N Agnihotri et al. 2013 Phys. Rev. A 87, 032716

1
E-mail: adityatifr@gmail.com
2
E-mail: lokesh@tifr.res.in

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