Impact parameter sensitive study of inner-shell atomic processes in Xe 54+ , Xe 52+ → Xe collisions

Synopsis In this work, we present a pilot experiment in the experimental storage ring (ESR) at GSI devoted to impact parameter sensitive studies of inner shell atomic processes for bare and He-like xenon ions (Xe 54+ , Xe 52+ ) colliding with neutral xenon gas atoms. The projectile and target x-rays have been measured at different observation angles for all impact parameters as well as for the impact parameter range of ∼35 - 70 fm.