Macroscopic description of fast heavy-ion-induced desorption yields

The dependence of fast heavy-ion-induced desorption yields on the primary-ion energy has been measured for a number of different target materials as well as for different primary ions. The primary-ion energies cover a relatively large range with corresponding energy losses between 2.6 and 64 MeV cm² mg^-1. The observed energy dependences can be understood in the framework of a simple macroscopic model.